The Clue
___ raving mad (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STARK
Tags
Notes
The answer STARK is uncommon, appearing about once every 425 puzzles.
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Totally naked
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Definition
STARK as an adjective:
1. (blunt, crude, stark) = devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
2. (austere, severe, stark, stern) = severely simple; "a stark interior"
3. complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
4. (arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated) = without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
5. (bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark) = providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
STARK as an adverb:
1. completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"