stark raving mad en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Completely 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
over the edge · meshugge · batty · daft · bughouse · meshigener · nut job · crazy · mad · nutter · eccentric · buggy · starkers · wackadoodle · barking · batcrap · mental · batshit · wode · weird · lunatic · nucking futs · hopping mad · distraught · bananas · crazed · mentally ill · bread baskets · crazy as a pet coon · unbalanced · off the chain · loco · whacky · loony · sicko · hatstand · cray-cray · nutballs · harebrained · loopy · barmy · tonto · cray · barking mad · kooky · crazy as a cootie bug · fucked up · moonsick · loon · bats · squirrelly · cra-cra · nerts · insane · batchy · psychotic · disturbed · demented · nuts · crazy as a cootie · nutso · bat-shit · yampy · fruit loops · dotty · whackjob · doolally · gaga · fucked in the head · unsane · deranged · crazy as a bedbug · stark staring mad · whacko · ripshit · nonsane · potty · nutty · bonkers · nut · non compos mentis · psychoceramic · 5150 · psycho · cracked · batpoop · cuckoo · off the beam · apeshit · daffy · crackers · screwy · loony tunes · buggish · zany
Translations (4)
sv spritt språngande galen (completely insane) · eo freneza (completely insane) · ru безумный (completely insane) · es loco de remate (completely insane)