- stark raving (or staring) mad
- stark raving (or staring) madinformalcompletely mad.→ stark
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
stark raving (or staring) mad
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stark raving mad — ► stark raving (or staring) mad informal completely mad. Main Entry: ↑stark … English terms dictionary
stark staring mad — ► stark raving (or staring) mad informal completely mad. Main Entry: ↑stark … English terms dictionary
stark raving mad — stark raving/staring/mad informal phrase completely crazy Thesaurus: crazy or sillysynonym Main entry: stark * * * … Useful english dictionary
staring mad — stark raving/staring/mad informal phrase completely crazy Thesaurus: crazy or sillysynonym Main entry: stark … Useful english dictionary
stark — ► ADJECTIVE 1) severe or bare in appearance. 2) unpleasantly or sharply clear. 3) complete; sheer: stark terror. ● stark naked Cf. ↑stark naked ● stark raving (or staring) mad Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
stark — adjective 1》 severe or bare in appearance. 2》 unpleasantly or sharply clear. 3》 complete; sheer: stark terror. 4》 rare naked. 5》 archaic or literary rigid or incapable of movement. ↘physically strong. Phrases stark naked completely naked.… … English new terms dictionary
mad — Synonyms and related words: Dionysiac, a transient madness, abandoned, abnormal, absurd, accident prone, acrimonious, affronted, amok, anarchic, anger, angered, angriness, angry, apish, ardent, ardently, asinine, avid, bacchic, balmy, bananas,… … Moby Thesaurus
stark — stark1 [sta:k US sta:rk] adj [: Old English; Origin: stearc stiff, strong ] 1.) very plain in appearance, with little or no colour or decoration ▪ In the cold dawn light, the castle looked stark and forbidding. ▪ the stark beauty of New Mexico… … Dictionary of contemporary English
stark — 1 adjective 1 very simple and severe in appearance: In the cold dawn light the castle looked stark and forbidding. | the stark beauty of the New Mexico desert 2 unpleasantly clear and impossible to avoid; harsh: stark reality: The film shows the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stark — UK [stɑː(r)k] / US [stɑrk] adjective [usually before noun] Word forms stark : adjective stark comparative starker superlative starkest 1) used for describing a building or scene that is very clear and plain to look at, often in a slightly… … English dictionary
