adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹæbɪd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹeɪbɪd/
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General-American:/ˈɹæbɪd/
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rhymes with -æbɪd
CMU ARPABET:R AE1 B IH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R EY1 B IH0 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Affected with rabies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a rabid dog or fox
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a rabid virus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Furious; raging; extremely violent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Someone who is fanatical in opinion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective
Meaning 7
of or infected by rabies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
rabid isolationist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fanatic, fanatical, overzealous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rabidusbor. English rabid From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Southern Altai:
јӱӱлгек
(ǰüülgek)
— affected with rabies
Arabic:
مَكْلُوب
(maklūb)
— affected with rabies
Arabic:
مَسْعُور
(masʕūr)
— affected with rabies
Armenian:
կատաղի
(kataġi)
— affected with rabies
Asturian:
rabiosu
— affected with rabies
Azerbaijani:
quduz
— affected with rabies
Belarusian:
шалёны
(šaljóny)
— affected with rabies
Bulgarian:
болен от бяс
(bolen ot bjas)
— affected with rabies
Catalan:
rabiós
— affected with rabies
Czech:
vzteklý
— affected with rabies
Dutch:
dol
— affected with rabies
Dutch:
hondsdol
— affected with rabies
Finnish:
raivotautinen
— affected with rabies
Finnish:
vesikauhuinen
— affected with rabies
French:
enragé
— affected with rabies
Gagauz:
kuduz
— affected with rabies
Galician:
rabioso
— affected with rabies
Galician:
doente
— affected with rabies
German:
tollwütig
— affected with rabies
Greek:
λυσσασμένος
(lyssasménos)
— affected with rabies
Hungarian:
veszett
— affected with rabies
Irish:
confach
— affected with rabies
Italian:
arrabbiato
— affected with rabies
Italian:
rabbioso
— affected with rabies
Malay:
gila
— affected with rabies
Mongolian:
галзуу
(galzuu)
— affected with rabies
Polish:
wściekły
— affected with rabies
Portuguese:
raivoso
— affected with rabies
Romanian:
turbat
— affected with rabies
Russian:
бе́шеный
(béšenyj)
— affected with rabies
Slovene:
stekel
— affected with rabies
Spanish:
rabioso
— affected with rabies
Tày:
bả
— affected with rabies
Turkish:
kuduz
— affected with rabies
Turkish:
kuduzlu
— affected with rabies
Turkmen:
guduz
— affected with rabies
Ukrainian:
скаже́ний
(skažényj)
— affected with rabies
Vietnamese:
dại
— affected with rabies
Welsh:
cynddeiriog
— affected with rabies
Armenian:
կատաղի
(kataġi)
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Asturian:
rabiosu
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Bulgarian:
бесен
(besen)
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Catalan:
rabiós
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Finnish:
raivotautinen
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Finnish:
vesikauhuinen
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Finnish:
raivotauti-
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Finnish:
vesikauhu-
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
German:
Tollwut-
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Greek:
λυσσώδης
(lyssódis)
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Irish:
confach
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Italian:
arrabbiato
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
Mongolian:
галзуу
(galzuu)
— of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia