Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stark raving mad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
stark rav-ing -mad
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Completely insane

Informal

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What does stark raving mad mean?
Completely insane

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