raving
pronunciation
How to pronounce raving in British English:
UK [ˈreɪvɪŋ]
How to pronounce raving in American English:
US [ˈrevɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- declaiming wildly
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- Adjective:
- talking or behaving irrationally
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- Adverb:
- in a raving manner
Word Origin
- raving (adj.)
- late 15c., "delirious, frenzied," present participle adjective from rave (v.); sense of "remarkable, fit to excite admiration" is from 1841, hence slang superlative use.
Example
- 1. Shut up ! I won 't allow such raving !
- 2. Within a few months there was a raving war hysteria and the u. s.was able to go to war .
- 3. ' Britain 's got talent ' susan boyle was reportedly spotted ranting and raving about her cat at a british hotel .
- 4. That 's his raving .
- 5. She 's a raving beauty .