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rabid

/ˈɹæbɪd//ˈɹæbɪd/

rabid adjective: affected with rabies.

rabid: affected with rabies
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Adjective

rabid (comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

  1. Affected with rabies.
    • a rabid dog or fox
    Synonyms:
    mad
  2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
    • a rabid virus
  3. (broadly) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
    • It seems a very likely agreement that the Maestre’s activity against Cabra, at and after Ciudad Real, should be balanced by the service of Aguilar’s brutal underlings in the Rebellion at Fuente Ovejuna." In any event, there were “algunos caballeros (sic) cordobeses a devocién de . . . Rodrigo...1934, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 1934-09: Volume 49, Issue 3, Modern Language Association of America, pages 710-711
    • Brutal compulsion was the necessary accompaniment of the large-scale organization and the extensive order introduced by kingship. Herodotus’ history is full of revolting descriptions of the rabid violence of kings, such as the tale he told of Cambyses.1967, Lewis Mumford, The Myth of the Machine, Harcourt, Brace & World, →ISBN, page 184
  4. (figuratively) Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.
    • a rabid socialist
    • rabid Green Bay Packers fans

Noun

rabid (plural rabids)

  1. A human or animal infected with rabies.
  2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

rabid meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

rabid in Tamil

வெறி பிடித்த

rabid in Urdu

جنونی, کٹر

rabid in Bengali

জলাতঙ্কগ্রস্ত, উগ্র

rabid in Telugu

రాబిడ్
More languagesFewer languages
rabid in Malayalam
പേയ് പിടിച്ച, വിഷമുള്ള, മതഭ്രാന്തുപിടിച്ച
rabid in Kannada
ಕೆರಳಿದ, ಕನಲಿದ, ನಾಯಿಕಡಿತದಿಂದಾದ ಹುಚ್ಚು ರೋಗದ, ನಾಯಿ ಹುಚ್ಚಿನ
rabid in Odia
ରାବିଡ୍
rabid in Nepali
राबिड
rabid in Arabic
مَكْلُوب maklūb, مَسْعُور masʕūr
rabid in Malay
gila
rabid in Vietnamese
dại

Examples of rabid in a sentence

  • Rodrigo Girén,” who in 1473 had already proved themselves only too eager for the most rabid violence.1934, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 1934-09: Volume 49, Issue 3, Modern Language Association of America, pages...
  • They peered about, and rather than drawing their rabid strength from the memorials surrounding them, they were confused.1984, Richard Setlowe, The Haunting of Suzanna Blackwell: A Novel, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, page 272:
  • He met her struggles with rabid force, shaking her and growling.1990, Betina Krahn, Luck Be a Lady, Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corporation, page 417:
  • He was bubbling over with loyalty, and became rabid at the mere mention of annexation.1850, Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution, Harper and Brothers Publisher, page 210:

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Synonyms of rabid

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All synonyms of rabid

Forms of rabid

Adjective
comparativerabider
superlativerabidest
Noun
pluralrabids

Origin of rabid

From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

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Words that rhyme with rabid

Questions about rabid

What does rabid mean?
Rabid means affected with rabies.
What is rabid in Tamil?
Rabid in Tamil is வெறி பிடித்த. See Rabid meaning in Tamil.
How do you use rabid in a sentence?
Rodrigo Girén,” who in 1473 had already proved themselves only too eager for the most rabid violence.
What part of speech is rabid?
Rabid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce rabid?
Rabid is pronounced /ˈɹæbɪd/ (UK).

Words near rabid in the dictionary

  1. rabiator
  2. rabiators
  3. rabic
  4. rabicano
  5. rabicanos
  6. rabid
  7. rabid wolf spider
  8. rabid wolf spiders
  9. Rabideau
  10. Rabideaus
  11. rabider

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rabid (page history and authors); rabid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rabid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rabid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rabid (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rabid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rabid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rabid (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rabid (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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