as in ranting
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1
as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
she raved about the Mother's Day breakfast of cold coffee and burnt toast that her young children had proudly set before her
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2
as in huffing
to talk loudly and wildly
a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill
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Recent Examples of raving
Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 13 July 2022
In the video, De Laurentiis mixed up the drink, which mixes balsamic vinegar and sparkling water, and gave a raving review.
—Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022
One-off tweets are still a lot of fun, but building a community of raving fans is where Twitter really shines.
—Evan William Kirstel, Forbes, 17 May 2022
The album was released in May 2020 and received raving reviews, and has been streamed 1 Billion times globally to date.
—Izzy Colón, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2022
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Adjective
Unbeknownst that the emerging artist was working amongst them, the raving crowd of partygoers danced in excitement as the DJ shouted her out.
—Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 13 July 2022
In the video, De Laurentiis mixed up the drink, which mixes balsamic vinegar and sparkling water, and gave a raving review.
—Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022
One-off tweets are still a lot of fun, but building a community of raving fans is where Twitter really shines.
—Evan William Kirstel, Forbes, 17 May 2022
The album was released in May 2020 and received raving reviews, and has been streamed 1 Billion times globally to date.
—Izzy Colón, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raving
Adjective
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Abby’s Motivations – Last night, players saw that the show was saying right away that Abby was a Firefly and was angry at Joel for all his murders at the hospital, decimating the entire organization.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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His angry toss of the rosin bag to a spot several feet from the pitcher’s mound during Sunday’s game was an indication of his disappointment.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Last week, Fox premiered the new comedy Going Dutch, about a ranting conservative father (Denis Leary) forced to reconnect with his estranged liberal daughter (Taylor Misiak).—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The Pats addressed two of their biggest needs, but instead in Tuesday’s paper there’s me, smiling in my headshot and ranting in print, a clueless dope.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Anyone who is mad about that needs to look at life from a higher perspective.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Biggest of thanks to Sana, Brad, Kevin, Lou, Aaron, Justin, Charlie, Vincent, Deb, Jon and the whole mad circus.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And the prime minister of Greenland, Mute B. Egede, said in an indignant statement that there would be no meetings between U.S. officials and Greenland’s government.—
Tim Balk,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The album’s a masterpiece of circulatory funk that works your body but whose indignant resignation and few hopeful embers also break your heart.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The passenger in front was becoming visibly irate according to the user, but thankfully a flight attendant noticed the situation before things became too heated and moved the tall passenger to the much wider emergency exit row.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Smith’s initial attempt at a handmade bat didn’t go well, and Holman was irate.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Needless to say, the terrorist groupie’s apologists at Brown were apoplectic that this savage had been tossed out of the country.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Connecticut men’s basketball coach, who led the Huskies to the past two NCAA tournament titles, was almost apoplectic about his team’s first half effort in Friday night’s 71-62 loss to Creighton in the Big East tournament semifinals at Madison Square Garden.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Her audience is rabid — this writer among them — for her one-of-a-kind blend of Great American Songbook musical styles and twentysomething-relevant lyrics.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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For all that, Graves can thank his limited menu, which helps keep costs down, and the chain’s rabid fanbase.—
Chase Peterson-Withorn,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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This helps explain why Gabbard elicits a seething hatred from people like Frum, Clinton, and Nichols.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Raving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raving. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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