- present participle of rave.
raving
Americanadjective
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talking wildly; delirious; frenzied.
a raving maniac.
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Informal. extraordinary or remarkable.
a raving beauty.
adverb
noun
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ravings
plural
adjective
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delirious; frenzied
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( as adverb )
raving mad
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informal (intensifier)
a raving beauty
noun
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Etymology
Origin of raving
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; see rave 1, -ing 1, -ing 2
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"You don't have to look like everybody else. You don't have to be a raving beauty to be special and to be beautiful."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
This, the author argues, has led to a loss of the innovation in music, fashion and art that raving with raucous strangers on sticky dance floors sometimes sparks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Coverage in the Post included stories of people raving that it was all “very cool” and “magical.”
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
He practises that technique a lot, if it goes in everyone's raving about him.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Last year, she won a scholarship to Manhattan's Academy of Theater Arts, thanks to a brilliant audition and a raving recommendation from her Ridgeford High drama teacher.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Behind the scenes, away from all of the media rantings and ravings, and the cheap thrill it gives to revive the passé term canoodling, it is surely traumatic and sad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Opponents of fluoridation have played on paranoid fears for decades, but into the 1960s, these were popularly dismissed as ravings from fringe organizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
All that can be dismissed as the ravings of the lunatic fringe, but it is being taken seriously in Jordan and Egypt.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
The Cold War with the Soviet Union provided the ostensible context for McCarthy's ravings about "a conspiracy so immense and an infamy so black as to dwarf any previous venture in the history of man."
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
So above the ravings and protests of the distraught Prince of Demons, the king’s men removed the bonds from the king and wrapped them twice round the imposter.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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