stark raving mad

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stark raving mad

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  1. 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.

    Similar: hopping mad, stark staring mad, 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy

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adj completely insane

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Русскийбезумный bezumnyj

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@misc{stark_raving_mad_2026,
  title = {stark raving mad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stark%20raving%20mad},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}