Synonyms of raving

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adjective

as in ranting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ranting
• angry
• mad
• indignant
• irate
• apoplectic
• enraged
• outraged
• rabid
• seething
• fuming
• livid
• foaming
• ballistic
• passionate
• wrathful
• infuriated
• incensed
• angered
• furious
• inflamed
• steaming
• boiling
• stormy
• hopping
• choleric
• sore
• virulent
• smouldering
• wroth
• vindictive
• ireful
• vengeful
• bristling
• smoldering
• spiteful
• cross
• sizzling
• embittered
• burning
• riled
• vitriolic
• antagonistic
• worked up
• malevolent
• cheesed off
• huffy
• enflamed
• shirty
• resentful
• wrought (up)
• bristly
• antisocial
• hot
• ticked
• rancorous
• unpleasant
• infuriate
• antipathetic
• acrimonious
• horn-mad
• rankled
• sulky
• acrid
• steamed up
• disagreeable
• inimical
• distant
• roiled
• bilious
• riley
• annoyed
• disapproving
• irritable
• petulant
• dyspeptic
• exasperated
• churlish
• bitter
• icy
• unfriendly
• peevish
• fretful
• aggravated
• perturbed
• belligerent
• grumpy
• frigid
• teed off
• irascible
• cold
• testy
• cantankerous
• grouchy
• inflammable
• snappish
• piqued
• querulous
• sorehead
• crabby
• cool
• ill-tempered
• fussy
• cranky
• ornery
• quarrelsome
• soreheaded
• pugnacious
• contrary
• bearish
• argumentative
• touchy
• contentious
• disputatious
• ill-humored
• put out
• quick-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• accepting
• pleased
• happy
• friendly
• accommodating
• agreeable
• satisfied
• amenable
• content
• complaisant
• sympathetic
• cordial
• angerless
• obliging
• tolerant
• amicable
• understanding
• calm
• kind
• sweet
• empathetic
• pleasant
• serene
• placid
• pacific
• peaceable
• amiable
• good-natured
• tranquil
• genial
• affable
• easygoing
• unembittered
• good-tempered

raving

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verb

present participle of rave

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drooling
• gushing
• slobbering
• fussing
• rhapsodizing
• enthusing
• fawning
• effusing
• doting (on)
• emoting

2

as in huffing

to talk loudly and wildly

a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huffing
• ranting
• fulminating
• blustering
• spouting
• raging
• speaking out
• storming
• blaring
• speaking up
• haranguing
• pontificating
• declaiming
• sounding off
• blurting (out)
• blowing
• orating
• bolting
• mouthing (off)
• bloviating
• carrying on
• taking on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• muttering
• murmuring
• whispering
• grunting
• breathing
• slurring

Examples of raving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Unbeknownst that the emerging artist was working amongst them, the raving crowd of partygoers danced in excitement as the DJ shouted her out. —Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 13 July 2022

In the video, De Laurentiis mixed up the drink, which mixes balsamic vinegar and sparkling water, and gave a raving review. —Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022

One-off tweets are still a lot of fun, but building a community of raving fans is where Twitter really shines. —Evan William Kirstel, Forbes, 17 May 2022

The album was released in May 2020 and received raving reviews, and has been streamed 1 Billion times globally to date. —Izzy Colón, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2022