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adjective
1.
mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
2.
enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry.
3.
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.
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.
noun
9.
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell: The last time he had a mad on, it lasted for days.
verb (used with object)
10.
Archaic. to make mad.
verb (used without object)
Idioms 11.
Archaic. to be, become, or act mad.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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mad (mæd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj (foll by about, on, | |
| 1. | mentally deranged; insane |
| 2. | senseless; foolish: a mad idea |
| 3. | informal ( |
| 4. | wildly enthusiastic (about) or fond (of): mad about football; football-mad |
| 5. | extremely excited or confused; frantic: a mad rush |
| 6. | temporarily overpowered by violent reactions, emotions, etc: mad with grief |
| 7. | of animals |
| a. unusually ferocious: a mad buffalo | |
| b. afflicted with rabies | |
| 8. | informal like mad with great energy, enthusiasm, or haste; wildly |
| 9. | mad as a hatter crazily eccentric |
| —vb , madder, maddest, mads, madding, madded | |
| 10. | archaic to make or become mad; act or cause to act as if mad |
| [Old English gemǣded, past participle of gemǣdan to render insane; related to gemād insane, and to Old High German gimeit silly, crazy, Old Norse meitha to hurt, damage] | |
| 'maddish | |
| —adj | |
| MAD (mæd) | |
| —n acronym for | |
| mutual assured destruction: a theory of nuclear deterrence whereby each side in a conflict has the capacity to destroy the other in retaliation for a nuclear attack | |
| madding (ˈmædɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | acting or behaving as if mad: the madding crowd |
| 2. | making mad; maddening |
| 'maddingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
mad
O.E. gemædde (pl.) "out of one's mind" (usually implying also violent excitement), also "foolish," earlier gemæded "rendered insane," pp. of a lost verb *gemædan "to make insane or foolish" (related to gemad "mad"), from P.Gmc. *ga-maid-jan, demonstrative form of *ga-maid-az "changed
(for the worse), abnormal" (cf. O.S. gimed "foolish," O.H.G. gimeit "foolish, vain, boastful," Goth. gamaiþs "crippled, wounded," O.N. meiða "to hurt, maim"), from intensive prefix *ga- + PIE *moito-, pp. of base *mei- "to change" (cf. L. mutare "to change," mutuus "done in exchange," migrare "to change one's place of residence;" see mutable). Emerged in M.E. to replace the more usual O.E. word, wod (see wood (adj.)). Sense of "beside oneself with excitement or enthusiasm" is from early 14c. Meaning "beside oneself with anger" is attested from c.1300, but deplored by Rev. John Witherspoon (1781) as an Americanism, and now competes in Amer.Eng. with angry for this sense. Of dogs, "affected with rabies," from 1800. Phrase mad as a March hare is attested from 1520s, via notion of breeding season; mad as a hatter (1857) is said to be from erratic behavior caused by prolonged exposure to poison mercuric nitrate, used in making felt hats. Mad as a wet hen is from 1823. Mad money is attested from 1922; mad scientist is from 1940.
madding
action of the obs. verb mad "to make insane," c.1300; now principally in the phrase far from the madding crowd, title of a novel by Hardy (1874), who lifted it from a line of Gray's "Elegy" (1749), which seems to echo a line from Drummond of Hawthornden from 1614.
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Medical Dictionary
mad (mād)
adj.
Angry; resentful.
Suffering from a disorder of the mind; insane.
Affected by rabies; rabid.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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Example sentences
He drove all the way out to the convention center and waded into the madding crowd.
Maybe even time to read a chapter under a nearby oak tree far from the madding crowd.
Every table provides a view of the ocean, and occasionally of a celebrity diner on discreet getaway from the madding crowds.
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