- 1[usually before noun] (disapproving) (of a type of person) having very strong feelings about something and acting in an unacceptable way rabid right-wing fanatics the rabid tabloid press
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- 2[usually before noun] (disapproving) (of feelings or opinions) violent or extreme rabid speculation
- 3suffering from rabies a rabid dog
adverb She is as rabidly anti-smoking as only a recently cured addict can be.See rabid in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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