mad

UK /ˈmæd/ US /ˈmæːd/
noun 6adj 5verb 2adv 1name 1

Definitions

adj

1

Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

You want to spend a thousand pounds on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?

He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.

2

Angry, annoyed.

Are you mad at me?

And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities.

3

Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.

Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it.

I'm not mad at this little house, though.

4

Bizarre; incredible.

It's mad that I got that job back a day after being fired.

5

Wildly confused or excited.

to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred

It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

adv

1

Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.

He was driving mad slow.

It's mad hot today.

verb

1

To be or become mad.

The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding.

2

To madden, to anger, to frustrate.

This musick mads me, let it sound no more.

He that mads others, if he were so humoured, would be as mad himself, as much grieved and tormented […].

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