Definition of rabid Rabid

/ɹæˈbɪd/ - [rabid] - rab•id

We found 12 definitions of rabid from 5 different sources.

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What does rabid mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

rabid, rabidder, rabiddest

rabid - of or infected by rabies
rabid - marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
  fanatic, fanatical, overzealous
  passionate having or expressing strong emotions
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • rabid (n.)
    Furious; raging; extremely violent.
  • rabid (n.)
    Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
  • rabid (n.)
    Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
  • rabid (n.)
    Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • rabid
    rab′id, adj. furious: mad: affected with rabies, as a dog: foolishly intense.—adj. Rab′ic, pertaining to rabies.—adv. Rab′idly.—ns. Rab′idness; Rā′bies, the disease (esp. of dogs) from which hydrophobia is communicated: canine madness.—adjs. Rābiet′ic, resembling madness; Rābif′ic, communicating hydrophobia; Rā′bious, raging. [L. rabidusrabĕre, to rave.]

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  • rabid, adjective.

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