Definitions for Mad
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. huffy, mad, soreadjective

   roused to anger

   "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhingedadjective

   affected with madness or insanity

   "a man who had gone mad"

3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrainedadjective

   marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

   "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

4. harebrained, insane, madadjective

   very foolish

   "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. madverb

   To madden, to anger, to frustrate.

2. madadverb

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

3. madadjective

   Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

4. madadjective

   Angry, annoyed.

   Are you mad at me?

5. madadjective

   Wildly confused or excited.

6. madadjective

   Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.

7. madadjective

   Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.

   Aren't you just mad for that red dress?

8. madadjective

   abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.

   A mad dog

9. madadjective

   Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MADadjective

   Etymology: gemaad , Saxon; matto, Italian.

   1. Disordered in the mind; broken in the understanding; distracted.

   Alack, Sir, he is mad.
   —— ’Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   The poets sung,
   Thy mother from the sea was sprung;
   But they were mad to make thee young. John Denham.

   We must bind our passions in chains, lest like mad-folks they break their locks and bolts, and do all the mischief they can. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

   A bear, enrag’d at the stinging of a bee, ran like mad into the bee-garden, and over-turn’d all the hives. Roger L'Estrange.

   Madmen ought not to be mad;
   But who can help his frenzy? John Dryden, Span. Fryar.

   2. Over-run with any violent or unreasonable desire; with on, after, of, perhaps better for, before the object of desire.

   It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Jer. l. 38.

   The world is running mad after farce, the extremity of bad poetry, or rather the judgment that is fallen upon dramatick writing. Dryden’s Pref. to Cleomenes.

   The people are not so very mad of acorns, but that they could be content to eat the bread of civil persons. Thomas Rymer.

   3. Enraged; furious.

   Holy writ represents St. Paul as making havock of the church, and persecuting that way unto the death, and being exceedingly mad against them. Decay of Piety.

2. Madnoun

   An earth worm. Robert Ainsworth

   Etymology: maðu , Saxon.

3. To Madverb

   To make mad; to make furious; to enrage.

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   O villain! cried out Zelmane, madded with finding an unlooked-for rival. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
   It would have madded me. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus.

   This will witness outwardly,
   As strongly as the conscience do’s within,
   To th’ madding of her lord. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   This musick mads me, let it sound no more;
   For though it have help’d madmen to their wits,
   In me, it seems, it will make wisemen mad. William Shakespeare.

   This mads me, that perhaps ignoble hands
   Have overlaid him, for they cou’d not conquer. Dryden.

4. To Madverb

   To be mad; to be furious.

   The madding wheels
   Of brazen chariots rag’d: dire was the noise
   Of conflict! John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vi.

   She, mixing with a throng
   Of madding matrons, bears the bride along. Dryden.

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1. Mad

   Mad is a song by American pop/R&B singer Ne-Yo. It is the third single from his album Year of the Gentleman and was produced by Stargate and himself. Mad would later reach as high as 3rd on the Billboard Rhythmic charts. The music video for Mad is noted for containing a The Sixth Sense movie theme in the video.

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1. mad

   1) Mentally ill, especially in a severe form that can make it impossible for a person to live a normal life; insane; 2) Very angry, often to the point that one cannot control their behavior; furious; 3) Extremely enthusiastic or excited about something; 4) Impractical and irrational due to extreme enthusiasm. This term is often used to describe someone's wild ideas or actions; 5) In a chaotic, unrestrained, or frenzied state. It is often used to describe situations that are out of control, such as a mad rush or scramble.

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1. Madnoun

   a slattern

2. Madnoun

   the name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy

3. Mad

   p. p. of Made

4. Mad

   disordered in intellect; crazy; insane

5. Mad

   excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform

6. Mad

   proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness

7. Mad

   extravagant; immoderate

8. Mad

   furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog

9. Mad

   angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person

10. Mad

    having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle

11. Madverb

    to make mad or furious; to madden

12. Madverb

    to be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding

13. Madnoun

    an earthworm

14. Etymology: [AS. maa; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E. moth.]

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1. Mad

   Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century, with editor Al Feldstein increasing readership to more than 2,000,000 during its 1970s circulation peak. The last surviving title from the notorious and critically acclaimed EC Comics line, the magazine offers satire on all aspects of life and popular culture, politics, entertainment, and public figures. Its format is divided into a number of recurring segments such as TV and movie parodies, as well as freeform articles. Mad's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, is typically the focal point of the magazine's cover, with his face often replacing a celebrity or character that is lampooned within the issue. In 2010, the magazine's oldest and longest-running contributor, Al Jaffee, told an interviewer, "Mad was designed to corrupt the minds of children. And from what I'm gathering from the minds of people all over, we succeeded."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mad

   mad, adj. (comp. Mad′der; superl. Mad′dest) disordered in intellect: insane: proceeding from madness, rabid: troubled in mind: excited with any violent passion or appetite: furious with anger.—v.t. (Shak.) to drive mad.—adjs. Mad′brain, Mad′brained (Shak.), disordered in brain or mind: rash: hot-headed; Mad′-bred (Shak.), bred in madness or heat of passion.—n. Mad′cap, a person who acts madly: a wild, rash, hot-headed person.—adj. fond of wild and reckless action.—v.t. Mad′den, to make mad: to enrage.—v.i. to become mad: to act as one mad.—adj. Mad′ding, distracted, acting madly.—advs. Mad′dingly, Mad′ly.—ns. Mad′-doc′tor, a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of mad people; Mad′house, a house for mad persons: a lunatic asylum; Mad′ling, a mad person; Mad′man, a man who is mad: a maniac; Mad′ness; Mad′wort, a plant believed to cure canine madness.—Go mad, to become demented; Like mad, madly, furiously. [A.S. ge-mǽd; Old Sax. ge-méd, foolish, Ice. meidd-r, hurt.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mad

   The state of a compass needle, the polarity of which has been injured.

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1. madadjective

   Extremely, very, a large quantity. "His jeep was pumpin' mad bass" -- ???.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3375

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1867

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mad' in Adjectives Frequency: #424

Anagrams for Mad »

1. adm.

2. AMD

3. dam

4. DMA

How to pronounce Mad?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mad in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Mad in a Sentence

1. Nikki Haley:

   I don't know why he's mad when you go and you call for the rest of the world to make Saudi Arabia an international pariah.

2. Nwiue lucky peter:

   When the spirit of success drive you, it drive you like a mad person that would stop till you are at the point of destination.

3. Billy Howard:

   It was a mad rush to the finish line.

4. President Barack Obama on Tuesday:

   Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad, that changed me, that day.

5. Debra Birnbaum:

   'Empire' was the talk of last season and if people really want to honor that show, they will throw their support behind Taraji, mad Men.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Mad
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mad
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Mad
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mad
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Mad
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Mad
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Mad