RABID


Meaning of RABID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ræbɪd, reɪb- ]

1.

You can use rabid to describe someone who has very strong and unreasonable opinions or beliefs about a subject, especially in politics.

The party has distanced itself from the more rabid nationalist groups in the country.

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]

• rab‧id‧ly

Mead calls the group ‘rabidly right-wing’.

ADV : ADV adj , ADV -ed

2.

A rabid dog or other animal has the disease rabies.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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