raving

raving
adj
1. delirious, out of one's mind or head, incoherent, not oneself, irrational, crazy, Sl. cuckoo, Sl. off one's rocker; deranged, Sl. unglued, unhinged, unstuck, unstrung, Sl. haywire, Sl. batty, Sl. nuts, Sl. nutty; raging, frenzied, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, rabid; manic, maniacal, insane, berserk, mad, crazed; overexcited, overwrought, impassioned, extremely agitated, beside oneself, perturbed; furious, in a furor, in a frenzy, out of control, running amuck, wild; demoniac, possessed.
2.Informal. extraordinary, out-of-the-ordinary, uncommon, unusual, rare, singular; remarkable, noteworthy, stunning, striking, outstanding, prominent, conspicuous; phenomenal, special, great, signal.
n
3. gibberish, babbling, gabble, jabber, sound without meaning.
4. bombast, rodomontade, magniloquence, grandiloquence, pomposity; extravagance, rant, high-flown language.

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