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[ m_ˈa_d], [ mˈad], [ mˈad]

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angry
crazy, insane
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Definition for 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-m[' æ]d; Old Sax. ge-méd, foolish, Ice. meidd-r, hurt.]

Synonyms for Mad:

adj.
•acrimonious (adjective)
- most splenetic,
- more splenetic,
- splenetic,
- mordant.
•all (adjective)
- huffy,
- mad,
- sore.
•angry (adjective)
- angry,
- uncontrolled,
- irate,
- excited,
- furious,
- berserk,
- pissed off,
- abandoned,
- irritated,
- Fuming,
- indignant,
- exasperated,
- agitated,
- enraged,
- displeased.
•bananas (adjective)
- sick the head,
- sick in head,
- sick head,
- crazy as loon.
•beside oneself (adjective)
- more worked-up,
- dis-tressed,
- out ones mind,
- out one's wit,
- out one wit,
- dis tressed,
- most worked up,
- out ones wit,
- most worked-up,
- out of one mind,
- workedup,
- more workedup,
- out of ones mind,
- over wrought,
- up-set,
- out one's mind,
- most rattled,
- most workedup,
- out of wit,
- more rattled,
- out of ones wit,
- out mind,
- out of one wit,
- more worked up,
- out one mind.
•blissful (adjective)
- de-lighted,
- de lighted,
- in twilight zone,
- most euphoric,
- turnedon,
- most enraptured,
- more enraptured,
- more euphoric.
•boiling (adjective)
- most fuming,
- more fuming.
•crazed (adjective)
- most maniac,
- certifiable,
- more maniac,
- most certifiable,
- more certifiable.
•crazy (adjective)
- bats belfry,
- de-voted,
- mad as hatter,
- out one tree,
- Flipped,
- most schizo,
- most screwball,
- more flipped,
- out to lunch,
- apest,
- enamored,
- more unglued,
- kooky,
- most unzipped,
- out lunch,
- out of tree,
- un glued,
- de voted,
- most flipped,
- out ones tree,
- more screwball,
- more unzipped,
- out of one tree,
- out one's tree,
- round bend,
- most unglued,
- out of ones tree,
- mad as march hare,
- bats the belfry,
- out tree,
- more schizo,
- un zipped,
- un-glued,
- un-zipped,
- bats in belfry.
•crazy, insane (adjective)
- crazed,
- distracted,
- batty,
- nutty,
- frenzied,
- illogical,
- unsafe,
- unstable,
- lunatic,
- mental,
- out of one's mind,
- off one's rocker,
- imprudent,
- foolhardy,
- aberrant,
- cuckoo.
•daft (adjective)
- off the wall,
- bedlamite,
- whacko,
- out of one's gourd,
- halfbaked,
- in the ozone.
•delirious (adjective)
- dis-arranged,
- out one's skull,
- out one skull,
- out one head,
- out skull,
- out of one skull,
- un-settled,
- off one head,
- rapturous,
- trans-ported,
- out of skull,
- un settled,
- dis arranged,
- out of one's skull,
- off ones head,
- out one's head,
- out ones skull,
- trans ported,
- out ones head,
- out of ones skull,
- off head,
- be wildered,
- more corybantic,
- more disarranged,
- more deviate,
- dis-ordered,
- in-coherent,
- most deviate,
- most corybantic,
- out of one head,
- be-wildered,
- most disarranged,
- out head,
- out of ones head,
- in coherent,
- dis ordered.
•demented (adjective)
- be-mused,
- be mused,
- more crackbrained,
- schitzier,
- schitziest,
- most schizoid,
- more schizoid,
- most crackbrained.
•demonic (adjective)
- in-spired,
- more demoniacal,
- more demoniac,
- most demoniacal,
- inspired,
- most aroused,
- de-monic,
- more aroused,
- most demoniac,
- un hallowed,
- in spired,
- de monic.
•deranged (adjective)
- schizzo,
- unscrewed.
•distraught (adjective)
- dis trait,
- most tormented,
- most flustered,
- most harassed,
- worried,
- in panic,
- more flustered,
- more harassed,
- more tormented,
- more discomposed,
- dis-composed,
- like chicken with its head cut off,
- dis-trait,
- more nonplussed,
- dis composed,
- most discomposed,
- most nonplussed,
- harassed.
•ecstatic (adjective)
- in exaltation,
- tickled death,
- most ravished,
- most athrill,
- most entranced,
- more athrill,
- pleased as punch,
- out,
- over joyed,
- up beat,
- most joyous,
- more ravished,
- over-joyed,
- more joyous,
- more entranced.
•enraged (adjective)
- ex-asperated,
- most riled,
- in-flamed,
- more exasperated,
- more riled,
- most exasperated,
- in flamed,
- more aggravated,
- ex asperated,
- most aggravated.
•enthusiastic; in love (adjective)
- infatuated,
- enamoured,
- enthused,
- fond,
- impassioned,
- devoted,
- hooked,
- avid,
- fanatical.
•evil (adjective)
- demonic.
•exciting (adjective)
- thrilling.
•fallacious (adjective)
- mis-taken,
- mis taken,
- un-real,
- more ungrounded,
- more reasonless,
- most ungrounded,
- un true,
- un reasoned,
- un-grounded,
- mis-leading,
- most beguiling,
- mis leading,
- un founded,
- most illusory,
- un-true,
- more sophistical,
- un truer,
- un-founded,
- more deluding,
- more deceiving,
- un-truest,
- most deceiving,
- most reasonless,
- un-truer,
- in-correct,
- un grounded,
- more beguiling,
- most deluding,
- in correct,
- un-reasoned,
- un truest,
- most sophistical.
•fanatical (adjective)
- opinionated,
- more monomaniacal,
- obsessive,
- head strong,
- monomaniacal,
- in corrigible,
- mono maniacal,
- more bugged,
- most bugged,
- most obsessive,
- narrow minded,
- single minded,
- more obsessive,
- narrowminded,
- nuts for,
- headstrong,
- most monomaniacal,
- mono-maniacal,
- in-corrigible.
•fantastic (adjective)
- out of sight,
- un believable,
- in-credible,
- incredible,
- fictional,
- far fetched,
- out sight,
- un-likely,
- un-likeliest,
- un-likelier,
- un likelier,
- un likeliest,
- more phantasmagorical,
- un-believable,
- most phantasmagorical,
- in credible,
- un likely.
•fantastical (adjective)
- out of world,
- out this world,
- out world.
•fatuous (adjective)
- most lamebrained,
- in-sensate,
- most boneheaded,
- mindless,
- in sensate,
- more boneheaded,
- more lamebrained.
•foolish (adjective)
- halfwitted,
- ill-considered,
- cockamamy,
- nerdy,
- injudicious.
•frantic (adjective)
- ex cited,
- at wits end,
- in stew,
- ex-cited,
- zonkers,
- hectic,
- hot bothered,
- most hyper,
- out control,
- in tizzy,
- most zonkers,
- more zonkers,
- more hyper.
•frenetic (adjective)
- lost it,
- in a lather,
- furibund,
- phrenetic.
•frenzied (adjective)
- most convulsive,
- more convulsive.
•gaga (adjective)
- around bend,
- around the bend,
- MAER,
- MAEST,
- ma.
•gifted (adjective)
- have ball,
- have smarts,
- most hotshot,
- have goods,
- have on ball,
- have the ball,
- more hotshot.
•haywire (adjective)
- amok,
- Orderless,
- out of whack,
- in pieces,
- haywire,
- in a mess.
•heated (adjective)
- in-tensest,
- in tense,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in tenser.
•hot under the collar (adjective)
- burning with excitement,
- hot under collar.
•hysterical (adjective)
- unnerved,
- un-nerved,
- un controlled,
- most unnerved,
- panic stricken,
- in fit,
- un-controlled,
- hysterical,
- un nerved,
- un-restrained,
- panicstricken,
- most seething,
- irrepressible,
- more unnerved,
- more seething.
•illogical (adjective)
- most self-contradictory,
- in-congruous,
- in-consequent,
- unproved,
- un proved,
- in congruous,
- meaningless,
- more selfcontradictory,
- selfcontradictory,
- more casuistic,
- in conclusive,
- un-substantial,
- un-proved,
- in-conclusive,
- most self contradictory,
- most casuistic,
- un scientific,
- un tenable,
- in-consistent,
- more self contradictory,
- more self-contradictory,
- in consistent,
- self contradictory,
- irrelevant,
- un connected,
- un-tenable,
- most selfcontradictory,
- un-connected,
- un-scientific,
- un substantial,
- in consequent.
•imbecilic (adjective)
- un earthliest,
- un earthly,
- un-earthlier,
- un-earthly,
- un earthlier,
- un-earthliest.
•impulsive (adjective)
- hot-and-cold,
- ADLIB,
- hot and cold,
- unprompted,
- ad lib,
- Unmeditated,
- gone off deep end.
•incensed (adjective)
- at end one's rope,
- up-tight,
- on warpath,
- up arms,
- at end of ones rope,
- in censed,
- more hacked,
- more rousted,
- most hacked,
- more buffaloed,
- at end ones rope,
- in-censed,
- at end rope,
- most buffaloed,
- at end one rope,
- most rousted,
- up tight,
- at end of one rope.
•indignant (adjective)
- dis-pleased,
- most piqued,
- in huff,
- most po'd,
- most pod,
- dis pleased,
- more po'd,
- bent out shape,
- more piqued,
- po'd,
- more pod.
•insane (adjective)
- feverish,
- brain-sick,
- maniacal,
- gaga,
- schizophrenic,
- blithering,
- psycho,
- babbling,
- neurotic,
- off rocker,
- Crack-brained.
•invalid (adjective)
- null void,
- in-valid,
- more ill-founded,
- null and void,
- ill founded,
- in operative,
- most ill founded,
- most illfounded,
- more ill founded,
- in-operative,
- in valid,
- more illfounded,
- most ill-founded,
- illfounded.
•irate (adjective)
- blown gasket,
- more steamed,
- most steamed,
- wrothest,
- steamed,
- wrother.
•irrational (adjective)
- un stabler,
- dis-connected,
- un stable,
- un-stabler,
- most off the wall,
- more off the wall,
- un stablest,
- more cockamamie,
- most unreasoning,
- un-stablest,
- un-stable,
- more off-the-wall,
- dis jointed,
- most off-the-wall,
- dis-jointed,
- un-thinking,
- dis connected,
- un-reasoning,
- more unreasoning,
- un reasoning,
- un thinking,
- most cockamamie.
•livid (adjective)
- out-raged,
- out raged,
- most outraged,
- more outraged.
•lunatic (adjective)
- crackpot,
- Fiendish.
•manic (adjective)
- turned out,
- over-excited,
- hopped up.
•manic/maniacal (adjective)
- more turned-out,
- most turned-out,
- more turnedout,
- most turnedout,
- most up,
- more turned out,
- most manic,
- more maniacal,
- more up,
- turnedout,
- most turned out.
•mental (adjective)
- nutsiest,
- nutsier,
- most psychiatric,
- more psychiatric.
•mentally ill (adjective)
- not sound mind,
- not of sound mind.
•mercurial (adjective)
- flippest,
- most yoyo,
- mercurial,
- most yo yo,
- more bubbleheaded,
- more shortfuse,
- shortfuse,
- more fluctuating,
- more yo yo,
- more short fuse,
- more yoyo,
- most short-fuse,
- more yo-yo,
- most short fuse,
- most fluctuating,
- more short-fuse,
- most yo-yo,
- yo yo,
- more quicksilver,
- most shortfuse,
- most bubbleheaded,
- most quicksilver,
- in-constant.
•merry (adjective)
- fun loving,
- most fun loving,
- most rip-roaring,
- more fun-loving,
- more saturnalian,
- more riproaring,
- most grooving,
- more larking,
- Rocking,
- rip roaring,
- most larking,
- more fun loving,
- most rip roaring,
- more rocking,
- most rocking,
- zingiest,
- rip-roaring,
- un constrained,
- more rip roaring,
- more rip-roaring,
- most fun-loving,
- zappiest,
- more funloving,
- boonest,
- most riproaring,
- facetious,
- funloving,
- booner,
- most saturnalian,
- zappier,
- more grooving,
- zingier,
- most funloving.
•nuts/nutty (adjective)
- un-usual,
- un usual.
•peeved (adjective)
- most vexed,
- more vexed.
•pissed off (adjective)
- teed off,
- td off,
- more affronted,
- most affronted,
- most storming,
- most peed,
- fit be tied,
- more storming,
- steaming,
- more peed.
•possessed (adjective)
- be-deviled,
- most bedeviled,
- in to,
- most consumed,
- most enthralled,
- be deviled,
- more in to,
- taken over,
- more enthralled,
- most into,
- more into.
•psycho (adjective)
•psychotic (adjective)
•queer (adjective)
- extra-ordinary,
- un commoner,
- dis-quieting,
- more outre,
- dis quieting,
- most outre,
- un canniest,
- un common,
- un conventional,
- un-canniest,
- un-common,
- un-natural,
- un commonest,
- un-commoner,
- un-conventional,
- fly ball,
- un-cannier,
- un canny,
- un cannier.
•rabid (adjective)
- mad-dog,
- Poisoned,
- smoking,
- Ultraist,
- overboard.
•screwy (adjective)
- out in left field,
- quirky.
•senseless (adjective)
- without rhyme or reason,
- Purportless,
- unmeaning,
- doublespeak.
•softheaded (adjective)
- softheaded.
•splendid (adjective)
- most splendrous,
- re-splendent,
- re-fulgent,
- more splendrous,
- most splendiferous,
- fabbest,
- most magnifico,
- fabber,
- more magnifico.
•thrilling (adjective)
- mind bending,
- more electrifying,
- more mind-bending,
- over whelming,
- most trembling,
- more mind bending,
- bloodtingling,
- over-whelming,
- most bloodtingling,
- more blood-tingling,
- more trembling,
- most blood tingling,
- more mindbending,
- more blood tingling,
- most electrifying,
- more bloodtingling,
- blood tingling,
- most shivering,
- hair raising,
- more shivering,
- most mind-bending,
- mindblowing,
- mindbending,
- most mindbending,
- most mind bending,
- hairraising,
- most blood-tingling,
- mind blowing.
•unbalanced (adjective)
- un-balanced,
- un balanced.
•uncontrollable (adjective)
•unhinged (adjective)
- un-hinged,
- un hinged.
•unreasonable (adjective)
- un-reasonable,
- full hot air,
- in-consequential,
- un reasonable,
- in consequential.
•unsound (adjective)
- in securest,
- un healthy,
- more unbacked,
- in secure,
- in-securer,
- un healthier,
- un safe,
- not solid,
- in-firmer,
- un healthiest,
- in-secure,
- in securer,
- un reliable,
- un-healthiest,
- un sounder,
- un sound,
- un steadiest,
- un-safest,
- un-healthy,
- dis-eased,
- un-safe,
- un steady,
- in firmest,
- in firmer,
- in accurate,
- un-backed,
- un safer,
- un safest,
- dis eased,
- un-safer,
- un-sound,
- un-soundest,
- un steadier,
- un-reliable,
- un-sounder,
- un backed,
- in-securest,
- un soundest,
- un-steadiest,
- un-steadier,
- in-substantial,
- in-firmest,
- in substantial,
- most unbacked.
•wacky (adjective)
- hare-brained.
•wild (adjective)
- more self-willed,
- more self willed,
- most self-willed,
- more selfwilled,
- un-fettered,
- more impracticable,
- most self willed,
- un bridled,
- un-bridled,
- most selfwilled,
- un fettered,
- selfwilled,
- self willed.
•witless (adjective)
- witless.
n.
- not in your right mind/not right in the head,
- childish.
- raging,
- cross.
- unintelligent,
- simple-minded,
- thick,
- empty-headed,
- feelings,
- slow,
- slow-witted.
- tomfool,
- ability,
- balmy,
- knowledge,
- absurd.
- concern.
•anger (noun)
- dis approbations,
- dis-pleasures,
- out rages,
- ill tempers,
- hissy fits,
- dis-approbation,
- out-rages,
- ranklings,
- dis approbation,
- ill humors,
- dis-tempers,
- infuriations,
- dis tempers,
- cat fits,
- dis pleasure,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-approbations,
- dis temper,
- out-rage,
- blow ups,
- slow burns,
- out rage,
- dis pleasures,
- dis-temper.
•brainsick (noun)
- brainsick.
•disturbed (noun)
- disturbed.
•flaming (noun)
- flaming.
•harebrained (noun)
- harebrained.
•indignation (noun)
- boiling points.
•mad (noun)
- unrestrained,
- sick.
•rampage (noun)
- more heat than lights,
- up-roar,
- up-roars.
•wrath (noun)
- hatefulnesses,
- flareup.
v.
•incense (verb)
- asks for it,
- get under one skin,
- asking for it,
- ex cites,
- in-censing,
- ex asperate,
- gotten a rise out of,
- dis-gusted,
- ex-asperate,
- got a rise out of,
- ex asperating,
- ex-asperating,
- ex cite,
- iring,
- get under ones skin,
- dis gusts,
- gets rise out of,
- in censes,
- dis-gust,
- ex citing,
- get rise out of,
- makes blood boil,
- in-censes,
- umbraged,
- in-cense,
- in-flame,
- ex-cites,
- umbraging,
- in flame,
- in cense,
- asked for it,
- making see red,
- got rise out of,
- dis gusted,
- made see red,
- gotten rise out of,
- dis-gusts,
- gets a rise out of,
- made blood boil,
- getting a rise out of,
- ex-cite,
- in censing,
- in-flames,
- makes see red,
- ex-asperates,
- in flaming,
- gat a rise out of,
- ex asperates,
- firing up,
- dis gust,
- getting rise out of,
- gat rise out of,
- dis-gusting,
- making blood boil,
- dis gusting.
•raging (verb)
- ranting.
Other synonyms:
- eccentric,
- frivolous,
- cock-eyed,
- bananas,
- bonkers,
- fruity,
- aggrieved,
- puerile,
- laughable,
- goofy,
- madcap,
- ludicrous,
- gung ho,
- Feather-brained,
- petulant,
- peeved,
- bad-tempered,
- ridiculous,
- warped,
- loopy,
- disgruntled,
- resentful,
- frustrated,
- annoyed,
- frayed,
- sulky,
- over-the-top,
- Sophomoric,
- OTT,
- risible,
- ditzy,
- loony,
- miffed,
- kitsch,
- het up,
- Piqued,
- embittered,
- dippy,
- immature,
- ridiculously,
- fierce,
- disgusted,
- Daffy,
- crackers,
- cheesy,
- loco,
- jerky,
- heated,
- barking mad,
- GONZO,
- flaky,
- pissy,
- wiggy,
- fed up.
- cockeyed,
- non compos mentis,
- buggy,
- cracked,
- bitterly,
- dizzy,
- imbecilic,
- moronic,
- preposterous,
- screwy,
- vexed,
- zealous,
- nonsensical,
- violent,
- warm,
- belligerent,
- put out,
- impatient,
- dyspeptic.
- zany,
- fervent,
- juvenile,
- adolescent,
- ardent,
- desperate,
- sappy,
- touched,
- idiotic,
- dopey,
- disordered,
- moonstruck,
- silly,
- choleric.
- enthusiastic,
- keen,
- unearthly.
- mean,
- bitter.
- wrong.
- off.
- sharp.
•furious
- hot under the collar.
•mentally ill
- paranoid,
- diminished responsibility,
- shell-shocked,
- madly,
- paranoiac,
- confused,
- melancholic,
- bipolar,
- depressed.
•yelling
- Whooping.

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  crazed, insane.
- Proper noun, singular
  insane.
- Interjection
  crazed.
Reverse Entailment
- Proper noun, singular
  madman.
Independent
- Adjective
  DER, furious, pissed, demented, annoyed, enraged, foolish, irate, ridiculous, amazing, lunatic, berserk, brain-dead, nuts, rabid, loony, irritated, livid, displeased, psycho, absurd, frantic, screwy, stupid, hysterical, senseless, mindless, certifiable, wacky, weird, silly, excited, bad, sad, nonsensical, incredible, nutty, sore, idiotic, awesome, paranoid, stir-crazy, delusional, outrageous, unbelievable.
- Verb, past tense
  ate.
Other Related
- Interjection
  madman.

Antonyms for Mad:

adj.
- angry
  pleased, peaceful, composed, cheerful.
- crazy, insane
  ok, reasonable, sensible, balanced, calm, disenchanted, unenthusiastic, Cheered, sane, rational, happy, sound, wise, collected.
- Other antonyms:
  unperturbed, prudent, good-natured, undisturbed, accommodating, quiet, sapient, casual, unangry, temperate, cordial, delighted, moderate, affable, judicious, empathetic, friendly, relaxed, content, untroubled, obliging, pleasant, serene, peaceable, amicable, sage, complaisant, placid, valid, well-adjusted, accepting, agreeable, good-tempered, sympathetic, unneurotic, satisfied, well-advised, healthy, subdued, tame, easygoing, genial, sweet, pacific, tolerant, sagacious, kind, clear, amenable, amiable, tranquil, understanding.

Mad Sentence Examples:

No, sir, he said, not mad I think.
Do you not see that he was gone quite mad?

Homophones for Mad:

manihot, monet, manteidae, mount, mitt, myoid, may day, mediate, minute, midi, matthew, momotidae, manat, moat, mate, meat, mammutidae, muddy, meadow, motet, montia, moth, mint, mott, monnet, mind, motto, mantua, mote, manatee, mated, matted, miniate, manumit, Mutawa, maid, madia, medea, maidhood, manhood, mammoth, moment, mend, moody, made, maidu, Mahdi, moiety, mentha, muted, monied, man-made, mot, manidae, manet, method, mt, mod, moot, meted out, math, mimidae, maundy, MDI, mood, monument, meaty, Mohammad, myth, manhunt, monad, mound, menotti, minnewit, mounted, mandate, muddied, month, manteodea, mat, moneyed, middy, mountie, meade, minutia, matte, mantid, mediated, mete out, mead, MADD, monday, manned, mahomet, manta, mouth, muhammad, matt, mande, mined, minded, mode, Mete, manda, maenad, mite, minuend, midway, monod, mit, meth, mud, mennonite, mid, mediety, memento, mut, mamet, maund, midday, mahound, mayweed, meditate, monody, moated, minuit, mutate, meed, matai, mute, md, maimed, mahout, mantidae, munda, mammut, mohammed, mutt, Mothy, metadata, med, momot, meet, minuet, matey, monte, mayday.

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