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mad

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1. 1) mad (adjective)
2. 2) mad (verb)
3. 3) mad (noun)
4. MAD (abbreviation)
5. mad apple (noun)
6. mad-brained (adjective)
7. mad cow disease (noun)
8. mad-dog skullcap (noun)
9. mad-headed (adjective)
10. mad money (noun)
11. mad staggers (noun plural)
12. horn-mad (adjective)



mad
adj \ˈmad\
mad·dermad·dest
Definition of MAD
1
: disordered in mind : insane
2
a : completely unrestrained by reason and judgment <driven mad by the pain> b : incapable of being explained or accounted for <a mad decision>
3
: carried away by intense anger : furious <mad about the delay>
4
: carried away by enthusiasm or desire <mad about horses>
5
: affected with rabies : rabid
6
: marked by wild gaiety and merriment : hilarious
7
: intensely excited : frantic
8
: marked by intense and often chaotic activity : wild <a mad scramble>
— mad·dish \ˈma-dish\ adjective
— like mad
: to an extreme degree <spending like mad>
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Examples of MAD

1. If you keep teasing that dog, you'll make him mad.
2. What are you so mad about?
3. That guy makes me so mad!
4. a movie about a mad scientist
5. She's mad for a cute boy in her class.
6. He's mad keen on sailing.

Origin of MAD
Middle English medd, madd, from Old English gemǣd, past participle of *gemǣdan to madden, from gemād silly, mad; akin to Old High German gimeit foolish, crazy
First Known Use: before 12th century
Related to MAD
Synonyms: angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off , choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, angry, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty , sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth
Antonyms: angerless, delighted, pleased
Related Words: ranting, raving, stormy; boiling, bristling, bristly, burning, cross, huffy, passionate, seething, sizzling, smoldering (or smouldering), worked up, wrought (up); acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, bitter, embittered, inimical, malevolent, piqued, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, vengeful, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic; antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy, ill-tempered, sorehead (or soreheaded), sulky, unfriendly, unpleasant; aggravated, annoyed, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, exasperated, fretful, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, inflammable, irascible, irritable, peevish, perturbed, petulant, put out, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy; argumentative, belligerent, contentious, contrary, disputatious, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, querulous
Near Antonyms: accepting, accommodating, obliging; agreeable, amenable, complaisant; amicable, cordial, friendly; content, happy, satisfied; empathetic, sympathetic, tolerant, understanding; calm, pacific, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil, unembittered; affable, amiable, easygoing, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, kind, pleasant, sweet
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Rhymes with MAD
ad, add, bad, brad, cad, chad, Chad, clad, dad, fad, gad, Gad, glad, grad, lad, pad, plaid, rad, sad, scad, shad, tad, trad
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mad
   /mæd/ Show Spelled Show IPA adjective, mad·der, mad·dest, noun, verb, mad·ded, mad·ding.
adjective
1.
mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
2.
enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry.
3.
(of animals)
a.
abnormally furious; ferocious: a mad bull.
b.
affected with rabies; rabid: a mad dog.
4.
extremely foolish or unwise; imprudent; irrational: a mad scheme to invade France.
5.
wildly excited or confused; frantic: mad haste.
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6.
overcome by desire, eagerness, enthusiasm, etc.; excessively or uncontrollably fond; infatuated: He's mad about the opera.
7.
wildly gay or merry; enjoyably hilarious: to have a mad time at the Mardi Gras.
8.
(of wind, storms, etc.) furious in violence: A mad gale swept across the channel.
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noun
9.
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell: The last time he had a mad on, it lasted for days.


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verb (used with object)
10.
Archaic . to make mad.
verb (used without object)
11.
Archaic . to be, become, or act mad.
Idioms
12.
like mad, Informal . with great haste, impulsiveness, energy, or enthusiasm: She ran like mad to catch the bus.
13.
mad as a hatter, completely insane.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English mad (adj.), madden (intransitive v., derivative of the adj.); Old English gemǣd ( e ) d, past participle of *gemǣdan to make mad, akin to gemād mad, foolish; cognate with Old Saxon gemēd, Old High German gimeit foolish

Related forms
half-mad, adjective
half-mad·ly, adverb
half-mad·ness, noun
qua·si-mad, adjective
qua·si-mad·ly, adverb
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un·mad, adjective
un·mad·ded, adjective
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Synonyms
1. lunatic, maniacal, crazed, crazy. 2. furious, exasperated, raging, wrathful, irate. 4. ill-advised; unsafe, dangerous, perilous. Mad, crazy, insane are used to characterize wildly impractical or foolish ideas, actions, etc. Mad suggests senselessness and excess: The scheme of buying the bridge was absolutely mad. In informal usage, crazy suggests recklessness and impracticality: a crazy young couple. Insane is used with some opprobrium to express unsoundness and possible harmfulness: The new traffic system is simply insane. 5. frenzied.

Antonyms
4. sensible, practical; sound, safe.

Usage note
Mad meaning “enraged, angry” has been used since 1300, and this sense is a very common one. Because some teachers and usage critics insist that the only correct meaning of mad is “mentally disturbed, insane,” mad is often replaced by angry in formal contexts: The President is angry at Congress for overriding his veto.

Example Sentences

* The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits.

* The company tests the serum on apes, one of which goes mad and has to be destroyed.

* Nothing gets people mad quicker than feeling unloved, or more to the point, disrespected.

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Adjective

* The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits.

* The company tests the serum on apes, one of which goes mad and has to be destroyed.

* Don't be mad at government because you made risky decisions.

* Nobody would be mad at you if you deleted that first comment.

* Yet indeed, the covert operations going mad nowadays.

Other Examples

* Nothing gets people mad quicker than feeling unloved, or more to the point, disrespected.

* Mark got really mad and said he was going to go over the side to warm up.

* The thing that really makes me mad is that our budget priorities are all screwed up.

* The official inquiry into the government's handling of mad cow disease has finally reported.

* Fill a few with dry ice to turn your house into a mad scientist's laboratory.

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