Rabid
Definition of rabid:
part of speech: adverb
Rabidly.
part of speech: adjective
Raving; mad; affected with hydrophobia.
part of speech: adjective
Furious; raging; extremely unreasonable; excessively zealous; mad.
part of speech: noun
RABIDNESS.
Usage examples for rabid:
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Only a few of the most rabid of the pro- English papers venture openly to reproach President Wilson with having achieved nothing but the security of passenger- ships, but all Americans are prepared to admit in confidence that the Government has completely departed from its original position.
"My Three Years in America", Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff. -
Young Mrs. Pollard, daughter of my host, who had became the wife of the noted Confederate editor of the most rabid paper in Richmond, had been forbidden to visit or even to correspond with her parents.
"A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences", Laura S. Haviland. -
It chances to be a company especially rabid for defence against the incursions of the Tenawa tribe; and more than once baffled by these cunning red- skins, they are anxious to make up for past disappointment.
"The Lone Ranche", Captain Mayne Reid. -
It is true that it is only very slightly noticeable, if at all, in the Press, and our most rabid opponents are driven, owing to the general improvement in German- Americans' relations, to ever more violent attacks against us.
"My Three Years in America", Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff.