English Explanatory Dictionary

barking mad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Completely insane.

Pronunciation

/bɑːkɪŋ mæd/ bärkĭng măd LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barking mad.wav

Word forms

barking mad

Etymology

From barking + mad.

Synonyms

three stops short of Dagenham 5150 bananas barking barking mad buggish buggy bughouse barmy batchy batpoop bats batty bonkers bread baskets cracked crackers cra-cra cray cray-cray crazed crazy crazy as a bedbug crazy as a cootie crazy as a cootie bug crazy as a pet coon cuckoo daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fruit loops gaga hatstand harebrained insane kooky loon loco loony loony tunes loopy lunatic mad mental mentally ill meshigener meshugge moonsick nerts non compos mentis nonsane nucking futs nut job nutballs
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