stark raving mad

adjective

Completely insane

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Meanings

adjectivestark raving mad (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableCompletely insane

    The British ambassador reported: ‘The day before yesterday, Berlin went stark raving mad. There was a fall of six points in German securities on the Bourse and a genuine impression that war was about to break out between England and Germany.

    1931, R. B. Mowat, Great Britain and Germany in the Early Twentieth Century, in The English Historical Review, Vol. 46, No. 183

    Synonyms: hopping mad, stark staring mad, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCompletely insane

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Also see
stark staring mad

Translations

Esperanto freneza
  • frenezacompletely insane
Russian безумный
  • безумный (bezumnyj)completely insane
Spanish loco de remate
  • loco de rematecompletely insane
Swedish spritt språngande galen
  • spritt språngande galencompletely insane
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