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as in extreme
being very far from the center of public opinion
soccer fans whose rabid enthusiasm makes them go berserk when their team wins
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as in angry
feeling or showing anger
he became rabid when the bank manager told him he would lose the family farm if he didn't pay the mortgage
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as in ferocious
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
rabid opposition expressed through turbulent protests
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as in frantic
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
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Recent Examples of rabid
Howell basically Streisand effected the rumors even more by DMing Phan shippers to tell them to stop, only for his protest to be circulated even more, making shippers even more rabid.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
That’s in character for rabid Philly fans, who once tossed snowballs at Santa Claus during a long-ago Eagles game.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
As a result, a lot of interest from her rabid fan base has trickled into the NFL stratosphere, which is something that Jones has noticed.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Apple Music anchor Ebro Darden takes the stage, DJ D-Nice drops down the volume and Carey and SZA take the stage to roars from the rabid fans in the audience, who have been waiting outside all afternoon.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
That’s in character for rabid Philly fans, who once tossed snowballs at Santa Claus during a long-ago Eagles game.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
As a result, a lot of interest from her rabid fan base has trickled into the NFL stratosphere, which is something that Jones has noticed.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Apple Music anchor Ebro Darden takes the stage, DJ D-Nice drops down the volume and Carey and SZA take the stage to roars from the rabid fans in the audience, who have been waiting outside all afternoon.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabid
Adjective
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Women in particular were subjected to extreme violence.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Davis remains angry that none of the church’s former leaders were held accountable.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the end, of course, an angry mob does chase the monsters around the castle, only to be chased by them in return (the monsters having rediscovered their reason for being), which results in some serviceable monster slapstick.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Just a big ferocious ball of meat, claws, and teeth.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Though the storm did not make a direct hit on Haiti, its ferocious rains caused rivers to flood and jump their banks.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Alongside Idris as the president, the lead ensemble cast of increasingly frantic White House officials, security advisors and senior military figures includes the likes of Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Jason Clarke and Tracy Letts.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos have had to open their season on the opposite side of the country the past two years — a frantic 56-45 win at Georgia Southern last year and a 34-7 loss to South Florida in August.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Oct. 2025
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In a 30-minute interview, Martin defended how the party has been managing its internal divisions, and pushed back at Republicans who have accused Democrats of embracing violence and radical politics.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Yet Mamdani proposes to turn Gotham into a laboratory for radical economic redistribution and left-wing social engineering.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Once embroiled in conflict, participants and spectators layer on more stories to make sense of their relationship to its violent cauldron.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Within minutes, we were deluged in an avalanche of furious comments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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This meek performance prompted a furious reaction from the fanbase.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Rabid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabid. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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