Entry Word: rabid

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being very far from the center of public opinion <soccer fans whose rabid enthusiasm makes them go berserk when their team wins> — see extreme 2
2 feeling or showing anger <became rabid when the bank manager told him he would lose the family farm if he didnʼt pay the mortgage> — see angry
3 marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity <a rabid nationalism that leads people to attack immigrants and anyone else they perceive as being different> — see violent 1
4 marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity <the rabid witch hunts that occurred in Salem in 1692, when 150 people were accused of witchcraft and imprisoned> — see furious 1