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raving

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/ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/ English

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verb

  1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
  2. To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
  3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.“He raved about her beauty.”
  4. To rush wildly or furiously.

noun

  1. (usually in the plural) Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.

adjective

  1. Talking wildly.
  2. Causing excitement or wild praise.“She was not considered a raving beauty.”

adverb

  1. Incoherently“He went stark, raving mad.”

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