mad
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- insane, crazy (informal), demented, deranged, non compos mentis, nuts (slang), of unsound mind, out of one's mind, psychotic, raving, unhinged, unstable
- foolish, absurd, asinine, daft (informal), foolhardy, irrational, nonsensical, preposterous, senseless, wild
- angry, berserk, enraged, furious, incensed, livid (informal), wild
- enthusiastic, ardent, avid, crazy (informal), fanatical, impassioned, infatuated, wild
- frenzied, excited, frenetic, uncontrolled, unrestrained, wild
- like mad: energetically, enthusiastically, excitedly, furiously, rapidly, speedily, violently, wildly

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Related Words: delirious, frantic, frenetic, furious, rabid, wild, sore, worked up, affronted, offended, outraged

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English Thesaurus: angry, mad, cross, annoyed, irritated, ...

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mad S2 W3 /mæd/ adjective (comparative madder, superlative maddest)
[Language: Old English; Origin: gemæd]

1. ANGRY [not before noun] informal especially American English angry
mad at
Are you still mad at me?
We get mad at each other sometimes, like any family.
mad about
There’s no need to get mad about it!
You make make me so mad!
mad with British English:
His wife will be really mad with him.
go mad British English (=become very angry)
Look at this mess! Mum will go mad!
hopping mad (=very angry)
(as) mad as hell (=a rude way of saying very angry)

2. CRAZY especially British English crazy or very silly:
He can’t possibly get that finished in time. He must be mad!
I’d go mad (=start to feel crazy) if I was stuck at home all day.
He’s been driving me mad!
You’ve agreed to marry him! Are you mad?
Surely no one would be mad enough to fly in this weather?
My friends all think I’m stark raving mad (=completely crazy).
It’s enough to send you barking mad (=completely crazy).
as mad as a hatter/March hare (=completely crazy)

3. UNCONTROLLED especially British English behaving in a wild uncontrolled way, without thinking about what you are doing
mad dash/rush/panic etc
We all made a mad dash for the door.
mad with grief/fear/jealousy etc
When she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief.
When Italy scored, the crowd went mad (=became very excited).
We went a bit mad (=spent a lot of money) and ordered champagne.

4. be mad about/for/on somebody/something informal especially British English to like someone or something very much Synonym : crazy:
My nine-year-old is mad about Robbie Williams.
He’s mad about computer games.
All the girls at school are mad for him.
be mad keen (on something)
‘Did you enjoy the film?’ ‘I wasn’t mad keen.’
be mad for it (=want to do something very much)

5. MENTALLY ILL especially British English old-fashioned informal mentally ill Synonym : insane:
Mr Rochester’s mad wife
He turned towards me with a mad look in his eyes.
the cartoon figure of the mad scientist

6. like mad informal very much, very quickly, or with a lot of energy:
I caught my thumb in the door and it hurt like mad.
She ran like mad to catch the bus.

7. don’t go mad British English spoken used to tell someone not to work too hard, get too excited, or spend too much money:
I know you’ve got a lot to do but don’t go mad.

8. power-mad/money-mad/sex-mad etc only interested in having power, money etc and doing everything possible to get it:
a power-mad dictator

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mad
adj.
I. not sane; crazy/stupid
VERBS be, look, seem | go He went mad and spent the rest of his life locked up in a mental hospital. The world had gone completely mad.
drive sb His experiences in the First World War drove him mad. The children are driving me mad!
consider sb, think sb Her colleagues thought her quite mad.
pronounce sb
ADV. absolutely, completely, quite, utterly | barking, (stark) raving What a barking mad idea! You must be stark raving mad to risk your money like that!
almost | a bit, half, a little, slightly | dangerously
PREP. with I went mad with joy and danced a little jig.

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mad
II. angry
VERBS be, feel, look | get I get so mad when people don't take me seriously.
make sb It makes me really mad when people waste food.
ADV. hopping, really | absolutely | pretty
PREP. at/with My mum's absolutely mad with me!

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mad
adjective
1.
BAD: She began to think she was becoming mad.
GOOD: She began to think she was going mad.

Usage Note:
go mad (NOT become ) =: 'Eventually, rejected by Hamlet, Ophelia goes mad and drowns herself.'

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2.
BAD: I've always been mad for tennis.
GOOD: I've always been mad about tennis.

Usage Note:
be mad/crazy about sth (NOT for ) = (informal) like something very much: 'Why are so many people crazy about computer games?'

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angry feeling strong emotions because you think someone has behaved badly, or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
He gets really angry if people keep him waiting.
a crowd of angry protesters
mad [not before noun] informal angry:
Dad was mad at me for damaging the car.
cross [not before noun] spoken rather angry – used when speaking to people you know well:
She was cross with me for being late.
annoyed [not before noun] a little angry:
I was annoyed no one had told me the class was cancelled.
irritated annoyed and impatient, especially by something that keeps happening or something someone keeps saying:
I was irritated by their stupid questions.
an irritated voice
bad-tempered becoming annoyed or angry easily:
a bad-tempered old man
He’s always bad-tempered when he doesn’t get what he wants.
in a bad/foul mood feeling a little angry for a period of time, often for no particular reason:
I woke up in a bad mood.
She’s been in a foul mood all morning.
in a huff /hʌf/ in an angry mood for a short time, especially because someone has just said something to offend or annoy you:
He walked off in a huff when they refused to let him join in their game.
somebody has got up on the wrong side of the bed informal used when you think someone has been in an angry mood all day, for no particular reason – often used humorously:
I don’t know what’s wrong – she must have got up on the wrong side of the bed today.
furious/livid extremely angry:
She was furious when she found out he’d been lying to her.
He looked absolutely livid.
outraged very angry and shocked by something you think is unfair or wrong:
Most people were outraged by the 9/11 attacks.
complaints from outraged viewers
incandescent with rage British English formal extremely angry – used mainly in writing, for example in newspaper reports:
Gordon Brown was reported to be incandescent with rage over the article.
lose your temper to suddenly become very angry and start shouting at someone:
It was the first time I’d seen her lose her temper.

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crazy very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour:
People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts.
It was a crazy thing to do.
mad British English crazy:
Are you mad?
Whose mad idea was that?
At first, everyone thought he was completely mad.
nuts informal (also bonkers British English) [not before noun] crazy:
The whole thing sounds completely nuts.
Have you gone bonkers?
loony informal crazy:
another loony suggestion
The man is totally loony.
insane completely crazy:
I know it sounds insane, but it’s true.

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mentally ill having an illness that affects your mind and your behaviour:
Many mentally ill people are treated in the community.
He was declared mentally ill and unfit to stand trial.
crazy informal mentally ill:
I couldn’t think straight. I felt like I was going crazy (=becoming crazy).
mad old-fashioned mentally ill. This word is now usually considered offensive, and is usually used in a different meaning, when you think that someone's ideas are not sensible:
Swift himself went mad (=became mad) later in life.
a mad old woman
insane [not before noun] old-fashioned having a serious and permanent mental illness:
She went insane after her two young sons were murdered.
a hospital for the criminally insane
disturbed not behaving in a normal way because of mental or emotional problems, especially problems that are caused by bad experiences:
She teaches emotionally disturbed children.
Her experiences left her deeply disturbed.
unstable having an emotional state that often changes very suddenly:
Her mother was mentally unstable.
He lived in a small Putney flat with his ageing Aunt Bunny, and his emotionally unstable sister, Nancy.
He was too unstable to be a leader.
deranged behaving in a crazy or dangerous way, usually because of being mentally ill:
A deranged young woman entered the school and took the life of one young boy.
psychopathic having a serious and permanent mental illness that causes violent or criminal behaviour:
The film is about a psychopathic killer.
psychotic suffering from or caused by a serious mental illness that changes your character and makes you unable to behave in a normal way:
psychiatric services for chronic psychotic patients.
There is a tendency for psychotic illnesses to be inherited.
neurotic relating to or suffering from a mental illness that makes you unreasonably worried of frightened:
His mother was neurotic and insecure.
She's neurotic about her weight.
A bored or lonely horse may become so neurotic that it chases itself around in circles.

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travel to go from one place to another, especially places that are far apart:
We travelled to Russia by train.
I love to travel.
go to go somewhere – often used instead of travel:
We’re going to Greece for our holidays this year.
He’s gone to London on business.
It’s quicker to go by plane.
commute to travel to work or school:
She commutes to work by bicycle.
cross to travel across a very large area, for example a desert or ocean:
The slaves crossed the Atlantic in the holds of the ships.
tour to travel in order to visit many different places, especially as part of a holiday:
They’re touring Europe by coach.
go trekking to do a long and difficult walk in a place far from towns and cities:
They went trekking in the mountains.
She’s been trekking in Nepal a couple of times.
go backpacking to travel to a lot of different places, carrying your clothes with you in your rucksack:
He went backpacking in Australia.
roam especially written to travel or move around an area with no clear purpose or direction, usually for a long time:
When he was young, he roamed from one country to another.
The tribes used to roam around freely, without any fixed territory.
journey literary to travel, especially a long distance:
He journeyed on horseback through Palestine.
angry feeling strong emotions because you think someone has behaved badly, or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
He gets really angry if people keep him waiting.
a crowd of angry protesters
mad [not before noun] informal angry:
Dad was mad at me for damaging the car.
annoyed [not before noun] a little angry:
I was annoyed no one had told me the class was cancelled.
irritated annoyed and impatient, especially by something that keeps happening or something someone keeps saying:
I was irritated by their stupid questions.
an irritated voice
bad-tempered becoming annoyed or angry easily:
a bad-tempered old man
He’s always bad-tempered when he doesn’t get what he wants.
in a bad/foul mood feeling a little angry for a period of time, often for no particular reason:
I woke up in a bad mood.
She’s been in a foul mood all morning.
in a huff /hʌf/ in an angry mood for a short time, especially because someone has just said something to offend or annoy you:
He walked off in a huff when they refused to let him join in their game.
somebody has got up on the wrong side of the bed informal used when you think someone has been in an angry mood all day, for no particular reason – often used humorously:
I don’t know what’s wrong – she must have got up on the wrong side of the bed today.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

MAD
Mean Absolute Deviation 
Mind Altering Drug(s) 
Mutual Assured Destruction

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