Definition of raving
: irrational, incoherent, wild, or extravagant utterance or declamation
—usually used in plural
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Recent Examples of raving from the Web
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Trump’s outbursts have been mostly discounted as the ravings of a crank, to be taken only somewhat seriously and not at all literally.
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In a pair of lawsuits … the parents of two children who died in the [2012 shooting] say Jones’ repeated lies and conspiratorial ravings have led to death threats.
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Though more muted than Nixon’s ravings, their disapproval ultimately had more influence on his career.
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Detroit band Protomartyr's best album crackles with unrelenting dread, which percolates out from frontman Joe Casey's mad-prophet ravings.
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There Mitchell lived with his erratic wife, Martha, whose ravings would draw attention as Mitchell became mired in the Watergate scandal.
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The demented partisan ravings of former intelligence chief James Clapper don’t inspire much confidence that that branch of government has been in very capable hands either.
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The Washington Examiner’s Byron York cheerfully assented to Dobbs’s ravings.
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And sadly for Republicans, his statements seem to be less the ravings of a cranky old man complaining about deli portion sizes and more portents of midterms to come.
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First Known Use of raving
14th century
Definition of raving
1
: talking wildly or irrationally
- a raving lunatic
2
: ravishing
- a raving beauty
First Known Use of raving
15th century
RAVING Defined for English Language Learners
raving
Definition of raving for English Language Learners
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: talking or acting in a crazy way
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: very great
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