rabid

Supporting an idea or cause so strongly that you become unreasonable.

• He is a rabid football fan.
• Rabid opponents refused to discuss the proposal.
• She became a rabid supporter of the movement.

Similar words: fanatical, extreme, zealous

Opposites: moderate

Common phrases: rabid fan, rabid supporter, rabid opposition

Having rabies, a serious disease that infected animals can pass through bites.

• A rabid dog bit him.
• The team captured a rabid fox.
• Keep away from animals that seem rabid.

Similar words: mad

Common phrases: rabid dog, rabid fox, rabid animal

Extremely angry or violent.

• His voice shook with rabid fury.
• The crowd flew into a rabid rage.
• She faced a rabid attack from the angry mob.

Similar words: furious, raging, violent

Opposites: calm

Common phrases: rabid rage, rabid fury, rabid attack

Connected with rabies, a serious disease spread by infected animals.

• The study examined rabid infection in wild mammals.
• Doctors recorded the development of rabid symptoms.
• The report describes how the rabid virus spreads.

Common phrases: rabid infection, rabid virus, rabid symptoms

A person or animal that has rabies.

• The vet isolated the suspected rabid.
• A rabid must be handled with great care.
• The report listed three rabids among the captured animals.

Common phrases: a suspected rabid, an isolated rabid

A person whose support for an opinion or cause is extreme and unreasonable.

• The party attracted a few rabids.
• One rabid shouted throughout the debate.
• Even the rabids eventually stopped arguing.

Similar words: fanatic, extremist

Opposites: moderate

Common phrases: a political rabid, a party rabid