Raving Mad (Adjective)
Meaning
Talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The escaped patient was raving mad, claiming that aliens were after him and making no sense.
- Her aunt had been raving mad since the medical malpractice incident and was no longer a coherent communicator.
- The homeless man on the street corner was shouting loudly and people though he was raving mad.
- After his near-death experience, Tom became raving mad, talking of angels and premonitions that left everyone bewildered.
- The psychiatrist's new patient was raving mad, convinced he was Napoleon Bonaparte reborn.