Meaning

5 senses
  1. Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.

    The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.

    rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile

  2. Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.

    sich aufbäumend

    стоя́щий на за́дних ла́пахstojáščij na zádnix lápax

  3. Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.

  4. Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.

    Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.

    zügellos

    неи́стовыйneístovyj, безу́держныйbezúderžnyj, я́рыйjáryj

    unrestrained and violent

  5. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

    There was rampant corruption in the city.

    ungezügelt

    неистовыйneistovyj, угрожа́ющийugrožájuščij

Examples

12 sentences
  1. There are many latent gays among rampant homophobes.

    Серед ярих гомофобів багато латентних ґеїв.

    ruСреди ярых гомофобов много латентных геев.

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  2. Ivy is a rampant, vining plant.

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  3. The rampant sickness spread to many countries.

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  4. Starvation and disease were rampant among the lowest classes.

    deHunger und Krankheit grassierten in den untersten Schichten der Gesellschaft.

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  5. Fiscal austerity is considered to be an answer to the rampant inflation.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
rearing animal:
unrestrained:
rife and menacing:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
rearing animal:
unrestrained:
rife and menacing:

Origin

From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing,

From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp + -and or ramp + -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”).

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Forms

more rampant, most rampant
Comparativemore rampant Lesson
Superlativemost rampant Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile:rearing

Word family

7 related words

See also

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