rabid
Beyond mere enthusiasm
Rabid describes an animal infected with rabies, the viral disease transmitted through bites that causes madness and death: a rabid dog, a rabid bat.
Extended to people, rabid means fanatically enthusiastic or extreme: rabid fans, a rabid nationalist.
The figurative sense suggests the foaming, uncontrolled intensity of the disease.
Intense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
- incensedExtremely angry
enraged · livid · irate · fuming · ferocious · savage · vicious · foaming
Fear of water
- foamingProducing froth or bubbles
- bitePierce with teeth
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
contagious · postexposure · prophylaxis · transmission · infected · carrier · incubation · symptoms
anger
Intense hostile emotion
incensed · enraged · livid · irate · fuming · ferocious · savage · vicious · foaming · frothing
hydrophobia
Fear of water
- foamingProducing froth or bubbles
- bitePierce with teeth
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
quarantine · contagious · postexposure · prophylaxis · transmission · infected · carrier · incubation · symptoms · saliva
zealous
Passionately eager and active
partisan · dogmatic · uncompromising · hardcore · purist · fanboy · ultra · crusader · militant · single-minded
mania
Intense, consuming obsession
- crazeShort-lived popular obsession
- feverElevated body temperature
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
excitement · fervor · passion · intensity · vehemence · zeal · fervency · avidity · eagerness · delirium
rabidmoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
apathetic · indifferent · lukewarm · temperate · dispassionate
- rabies vaccineInoculation against fatal neurological virus
- rabid dogVirus-infected aggressive canine
- rabies shotVaccine preventing deadly virus
- rabies virusPathogen causing fatal encephalitis
- rabies vaccinationShot against fatal virus
- baby rabiesIntense urge for parenthood