raving
noun
[ ˈreɪvɪŋ ]
• irrational or incoherent talk.
• "the ravings of a madwoman"
raving
adjective
• used to emphasize a particular quality.
• "she'd never been a raving beauty"
rave
verb
• talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad.
• "Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost"
• speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration.
• "New York's critics raved about the acting"
Similar:
praise enthusiastically,
go into raptures about/over,
wax lyrical about,
sing the praises of,
praise to the skies,
heap praise on,
rhapsodize over,
enthuse about/over,
gush about/over,
throw bouquets at,
express delight over,
acclaim,
eulogize,
extol,
go wild about,
be mad about,
go on about,
big someone/something up,
ballyhoo,
cry someone/something up,
laud,
panegyrize,
• attend a rave party.
• "they used to rave together—then they started working together"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver ; related obscurely to Middle Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’.
