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rabidest

rabidest is the superlative form of rabid.

Meaning of rabid

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
  4. (figuratively) Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.
    • a rabid socialist

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Questions about rabidest

What is rabidest the superlative form of?
Rabidest is the superlative form of rabid.

Words near rabidest in the dictionary

  1. rabid wolf spider
  2. rabid wolf spiders
  3. Rabideau
  4. Rabideaus
  5. rabider
  6. rabidest
  7. rabidities
  8. rabidity
  9. rabidly
  10. rabidness
  11. rabids

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