1
as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
she raved about the Mother's Day breakfast of cold coffee and burnt toast that her young children had proudly set before her
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as in huffing
to talk loudly and wildly
a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill
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as in ranting
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Recent Examples of raving
Ronald Ahrens, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2022
McElhenney is from Philadelphia and a raving Philadelphia Eagles fan (is there any other kind?).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Now, imagine a similar top with the capri trousers fashion editors and trendsetters can't stop raving about.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Yet the interior lights up like a raving party with umpteen tones of ambient LEDs in dazzling patterns while the Sky Lounge feature’s multicolor beams that strafe through the glass overhead.
—Ronald Ahrens, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2022
McElhenney is from Philadelphia and a raving Philadelphia Eagles fan (is there any other kind?).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
Adjective
Shoppers are raving about the flavor.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Now, imagine a similar top with the capri trousers fashion editors and trendsetters can't stop raving about.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raving
Verb
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Symptoms may begin within minutes, which include heavy drooling—especially in cats—and redness on the skin and in or around the mouth.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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On day eight of his partial paralysis, Nini finally stopped drooling and could now walk gingerly.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement Hun Manet’s gushing reception of Anutin given the nadir bilateral relations had just reached has raised a lot of eyebrows—not least given his father’s leaking of a phone call with Anutin’s predecessor was instrumental to her dismissal.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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While other massive stars in the region may not yet be gushing quite so violently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile found another dense stellar core that could be in an earlier stage of construction, according to the researchers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some of these people are ranting and raving, threatening violence against strangers or exhibiting tendencies to hurt themselves, others are quietly living in filth or unclothed or unshod in frigid temperatures.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, the new chief executive officer of the British Fashion Council, a former fashion editor who was most recently executive creative director of Selfridges, isn’t frustrated or angry about the myriad challenges London fashion is facing right now.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Conservatives are right to mourn his death and to be righteously angry.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Awards are both mad and lovely.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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And of course, mad love and respect to Adam Yauch, Oscilloscope’s co-founder, filmmaker and Beastie Boy forever.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Colts fans lashed out at the Indianapolis team, as well, and The Cincinnati Enquirer ran an indignant letter to the editor demanding an apology from the Bengals owner for failing to recognize Kirk and pledging to boycott until then.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Simeone became increasingly irate and kept trying to push his way past those holding him back.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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In other words, Cartman is irate that Trump has stolen his hateful, vindictive shtick.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Folk icon Pete Seeger, the spiritual leader of the festival, was reportedly apoplectic.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Staffers there were apoplectic at the notion that a future cover would feature First Lady Melania Trump.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Raving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raving. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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