One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
1‘she's raving mad’
mad, insane, mentally ill, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, sick in the head, not together, crazy, crazed, lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, psychotic, psychopathic, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare, away with the fairies, foaming at the mouth
informal mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nuts, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's rocker, not right in the head, not quite right in the head, round the bend, stark raving mad, stark staring mad, bats, batty, bonkers, dotty, cuckoo, cracked, loopy, loony, bananas, loco, dippy, screwy, schizoid, touched, gaga, up the pole, off the wall, not all there, not right upstairs
British informal barmy, crackers, barking, barking mad, round the twist, off one's trolley, as daft as a brush, not the full shilling
North American informal buggy, nutsy, nutso
out of one's tree, meshuga, squirrelly, wacko
Canadian NZ Australian informal bushed
Australian informal yarra
NZ informal porangi
informal have a screw loose, have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry
Australian informal have kangaroos in one's top paddock, have kangaroos in the top paddock
2‘she'd never been a raving beauty’
very great, considerable, remarkable, extraordinary, singular, striking, outstanding, stunning
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