Vocabulary
Rabid
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
Urdu meaning
غضبناک، دیوانہ، پاگال
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- One can only hope that Lula`s model of a broad, barely ideological democracy, however flawed, will again trump the potentially rabid far-right alternative.
- They had stories they were meant to live out but could not because the men around them, rabid and foaming at the mouth, decided they would not.
- The current crop of national BJP leaders, especially the rabid priest that leads Uttar Pradesh, where Ayodhya is located, makes BJP`s old hands such as Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K.
- In the occupied West Bank, where Hamas the supposed target of Israel`s wrath does not rule, rabid, and armed, Jewish settlers have been terrorising Palestinians as the Israeli state turns a blind eye.
- It is one thing for rabid ideologues to support such irresponsible notions.
Synonyms
extreme, fanatical, overzealous, over-enthusiastic, extremist, violent, maniacal,
Antonyms
moderate, liberal, half-hearted
Curator example
“the show’s small but rabid fan base”
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