rabid

[US]/ˈræbɪd/
[UK]/ˈræbɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. extremely intense; violently raging; extremely biased; suffering from rabies

Phrases & Collocations

rabid dog

rabid fan

rabid supporter

Example Sentences

a rabid football fan.

destroy a rabid dog.

a rabid dog that became the terror of the neighborhood.

he proved to be a rabid seeker for gold and power.

Even the survey’s most rabid critics acknowledge the utility of this kind of data.

A barely audible ff septuplet of semiquaver chords and two rabid glissandi are thrown in by the soloist, before piano and bass section end the movement in five different Gs.

Real-world Examples

" My father would be the first to tell you that fifty thousand Dornishmen are worth one rabid dog" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

But they would love it if we would come out as rabid racist maniacs because that's the way they think.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

He lurched at Randy like a rabid lion.

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

You know what rabid means, right? - Yeah?

Source: American TV series and movie collection

Strutting like a rabid Smurf, are we?

Source: Miranda Season 3

He's tied up like a rabid dog.

Source: The Practice Season 6

Come on, Dad. Stuart's not rabid. He's peppy.

Source: Growing Pains Season 1

But the racists were rabid rabbles.

Source: Pan Pan

A rabies death is a painful process. After a rabid dog bites someone, the virus invades the person's central nervous system.

Source: VOA Special October 2014 Collection

So it's easy for people to claim they're mean, rabid or a nuisance when they run into one around their home.

Source: PBS "Nature" documentary series

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