Definition of RABID

rabid

Plural: rabids

Adjective

  • Afflicted with rabies, or intensely fanatical and extreme.
  • of or infected by rabies

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
    • "rabid isolationist"

Adj

  • Affected with rabies.
  • Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
  • Furious; raging; extremely violent.
  • Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

Noun

  • A human or animal infected with rabies.
  • Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Examples

  • a rabid dog or fox
  • a rabid socialist
  • a rabid virus
  • His rabid enthusiasm for words led him to learn obscure, high-scoring terms.
  • rabid Green Bay Packers fans

Origin / Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

Scrabble Score: 8

rabid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rabid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rabid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

rabid: valid Words With Friends Word