raved
past simple and past participle ofrave
rave
verb[I]
uk/reɪv/us/reɪv/raveverb[I](SPEAK FOOLISHLY)
tospeakin anuncontrolledway, usually because you areupsetorangry, or because you areill:
He's always raving(on)aboutthegovernment.
She wasrantingandravingaboutsomeimaginedinsult.
Talking angrily
- bite
- bitesomeone'shead offidiom
- bite/snapsomeone'shead offidiom
- bluster
- dress
- dress down
- edge
- fling
- givesomeonea piece of your mindidiom
- harangue
- hue
- huff
- invective
- jump
- piece
- rant
- spit
- spit blood/venomidiom
- storm
- tongue-lashing
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Ways of talking
raveverb[I](PRAISE)
informal
topraisesomething very much:
She ravedabout/overtheclothesshe hadseenat theParisfashionshows.
to praise someone or something
- praiseLawmakers praised the bipartisan deal.
- congratulateI congratulated him on passing his driving test.
- complimentI was just complimenting Robert on the wonderful meal he has cooked.
- commendThe judge commended her for her bravery.
- pay tribute toHe paid tribute to the firefighters who had saved his daughter's life.
- flatterI knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money.
Praising and applauding
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- adulation
- cheer
- dispatch
- eulogistic
- eulogize
- eulogy
- exalt
- extol
- honour
- paean
- panegyric
- panegyrical
- panegyrist
- patsomeoneon the backidiom
- rave
- slap
Examplesofraved
raved
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A strong wind from mountain passesravedas if it was trying to throw me into the sky.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Heravedabout what a spectacle it was, with its finesse and the skills of its players.
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Who hasravedmore about central government?
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I had alreadyravedover the record because it leaked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I can not believe such ineptitude, heraved.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They allravedand producers instantly starting fighting over who would get the rights to the play.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The pressravedand chaos broke out at every performance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her appearance gotravedby press and fans, locally and abroad.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Critics returned a second time andravedabout his dynamic performance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this later work he skipped the chapter about religion, suggesting that the author hasravedin religious matters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The teams feuded over the summer of 1989, producing many excellent,raved-about matches.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They spoke now of his body of work andravedover the effortless elegance of his prose and the depth of his tragic vision.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Criticsravedabout the release, with many citing it as a return to form.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His powers of reason, though thus warped, were not taken from him, and he neitherravednor sank into mental lethargy.
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