rabid

English

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabere ‎(“to rave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪd/, /ˈɹeɪbɪd/
• Rhymes: -æbɪd

Adjective

rabid ‎(comparative rabider, superlative rabidest)

1. Affected with rabies.

   a rabid dog or fox

2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

   a rabid virus

3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

   a rabid socialist

   rabid Green Bay Packers fans

Translations

affected with rabies

• Armenian: կատաղի (hy) ‎(katałi)
• Asturian: rabiosu
• Catalan: rabiós
• Finnish: raivotautinen (fi), vesikauhuinen
• French: enragé (fr) m
• Galician: rabioso
• German: tollwütig
• Greek: λυσσασμένος (el) m ‎(lyssasménos)

• Italian: arrabbiato (it), rabbioso (it) m
• Malay: gila
• Portuguese: raivoso (pt)
• Romanian: turbat (ro)
• Russian: бе́шеный (ru) ‎(béšenyj)
• Southern Altai: јӱӱлгек ‎(cüülgek)
• Spanish: rabioso (es)

of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia

• Armenian: կատաղի (hy) ‎(katałi)
• Asturian: rabiosu
• Catalan: rabiós
• Finnish: raivotautinen (fi), vesikauhuinen, raivotauti-, vesikauhu-

• German: Tollwut- (de) f
• Greek: λυσσώδης (el) m, f ‎(lyssódis)
• Italian: arrabbiato (it)

furious; raging; extremely violent

• Armenian: կատաղի (hy) ‎(katałi)
• Asturian: rabiosu, rabiáu
• Catalan: rabiós
• Dutch: razend (nl)
• Emilian: rabî
• Finnish: raivokas, raivoisa
• French: enragé (fr)
• Galician: rabioso, rabiado

• German: wütend (de)
• Greek: λυσσαλέος (el) m ‎(lyssaléos), μαινόμενος m ‎(mainómenos)
• Italian: arrabbiato (it)
• Portuguese: raivoso (pt), furioso (pt)
• Russian: я́ростный (ru) ‎(járostnyj), бе́шеный (ru) ‎(béšenyj), неи́стовый (ru) ‎(neístovyj), взбеси́вшийся (ru) ‎(vzbesívšijsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: bijesan (sh)
• Spanish: rabioso (es)

very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous

• Armenian: կատաղի (hy) ‎(katałi)
• Emilian: rabî
• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
• German: fanatisch (de)

• Greek: φανατικός (el) m ‎(fanatikós), μανιώδης (el) m, f ‎(maniódis)
• Italian: arrabbiato (it)
• Russian: фанати́чный (ru) ‎(fanatíčnyj), неи́стовый (ru) ‎(neístovyj), я́ростный (ru) ‎(járostnyj)

Quotations

• The rabid flight, Of winds that ruin ships. -- Chapman

Anagrams

• braid