mad
/ˈmæd/ adjective A2- Angry; annoyed. · Are you mad at me?
- Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval. · Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it.
- Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
- Wildly confused or excited. · to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
- Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for. · Aren't you just mad for that red dress?· My wife is soccer-mad.
- Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies. · a mad dog
- Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much, excellent or many. · I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets. Their lead guitarist has mad skills. There are always mad girls at those parties.
- Having impaired polarity.
Comparative madder · Superlative maddest
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Visit either you like: they’re both mad.”
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here.
I’m mad.
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