Rabid
(adjective)
- Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
- Affected with rabies; ferocious and uncontrollable.
Origin:
Late 16th century: from latin rabidus "mad, raging", from rabere "be mad".
Examples:
- The fans were rabid in their support of the team.
- The animal was rabid and had to be put down.
- The politician's rhetoric was rabid and divisive.
- The critics were rabid in their opposition to the new law.
- He had a rabid hatred for the opposing team.