rampant

4 definitions • 8 examples

(of something bad) getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way:

rampant corruption

Rampant inflation means that our wage increases soon become worth nothing.

He said that he had encountered rampant prejudice in his attempts to get a job.

Disease is rampant in the overcrowded city.

(of an animal represented on a coat of arms) standing on its back legs with its front legs raised:

a lion rampant

happening a lot or becoming worse, usually in a way that is out of control:

Weeds are growing rampant in the garden.

used to describe something bad that gets worse very quickly and in an uncontrolled way:

Corruption and fraud are rampant in the war-stricken area.

rampant inflation/commercialism/consumerism