Definition of Raving mad

1. Adjective. Talking or behaving irrationally. "A raving lunatic"

Exact synonyms: Wild
Similar to: Insane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raving Mad

raves
ravewear
ravier
raviers
ravigote
ravigotes
ravigotte
ravigottes
ravin
ravine
ravined
ravinement
ravinements
ravines
raving
raving mad (current term)
ravingly
ravings
ravining
ravins
ravioli
ravioli code
raviolini
raviolis
raviolo
ravish
ravished
ravisher
ravishers
ravishes

Literary usage of Raving mad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope by Hester Lucy Stanhope, Charles Lewis Meryon (1846)
"... Some anecdotes of that high-spirited nobleman—Arrival of Madame L.—She is seized with brain-fever, and dies raving mad—Visit of General Cass. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope: As Related by Herself in Conversations by Hester Lucy Stanhope (1845)
"... Some anecdotes of that high-spirited nobleman — Arrival of Madame L.—She is seized with brain-fever, and dies raving mad—Visit of General Cass. ..."

3. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"... and grew fo unruly, that he was with much ado ty'd down again. I came to him on the nth ; found him ty'd in bis Bed, raving Mad, ..."

4. A Debate on the Doctrine of Universal Salvation by Enoch Merrill Pingree, Nathan Lewis Rice (1845)
"Hundreds have gone raving mad, while thinking of it; and many have committed suicide, being unable to endure life, under the impression that they have ..."

5. A Debate on the Doctrine of Universal Salvation by Enoch Merrill Pingree, Nathan Lewis Rice (1845)
"Hundreds have gone raving mad, while thinking of it; and many have committed suicide, being unable to endure life, under the impression that they have ..."

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