Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raving

/ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: rav-ing
IPA: /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rave

noun

Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.

adj

Talking wildly.

adj

Causing excitement or wild praise.

adv

Example Sentences

"A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning."
"Those words appearing to be merely the ravings of superannuation, they were not regarded; but when no other traces of Mary could be found, old Andrew went up to consult this crazy dame once more, but he was not able to bring any such thing to her recollection."
"Oh, what an extraordinary idea! I have served 11 governments in the past 30 years. If I'd believed in all their policies, [proceeds to describe contradictory policies by different parties], but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track)."
"She was not considered a raving beauty."
"He went stark, raving mad."

Inflected Forms

ravings (plural) more raving (comparative) most raving (superlative)

Derived Forms

ravingly

Synonyms

raving mad wild ravingly

Rhymes With

saving waving shaving craving behaving paving engraving caving waiving misbehaving braving staving

Questions

How do you pronounce raving?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/.
What does raving mean?: present participle and gerund of rave

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