stark staring mad
Utterly, visibly deranged
Stark staring mad means completely and visibly insane—not just eccentric but obviously, unmistakably deranged.
The phrase emphasizes that the madness is apparent to anyone watching: He went stark staring mad after the accident.
Staring suggests the wild, fixed gaze associated with lunacy.
Sometimes shortened to stark mad or varied as stark raving mad.
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- mazedDisoriented and perplexed
- mad as a hatterCompletely, absurdly insane
- mad as a March hareWildly irrational, eccentrically crazy
- psychoticSuffering reality-detachment
batshit crazy · maniacal · barking mad · ranting · bonkers · loopy · not all there · away with the fairies · out to lunch · certifiable · delusion · derangement · cuckoo · raving · babbling · off one's rocker · off one's trolley · out of one's mind
stark staring madsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
rational · of sound mind · compos mentis · lucid · in one's right mind
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