mad

¹mad

adjective \ˈmad\

mad·dermad·dest

Definition of MAD

1

: disordered in mind : insane

2

a : completely unrestrained by reason and judgment <driven mad by the pain>

b : incapable of being explained or accounted for <a mad decision>

3

: carried away by intense anger : furious <mad about the delay>

4

: carried away by enthusiasm or desire <mad about horses>

5

: affected with rabies : rabid

6

: marked by wild gaiety and merriment : hilarious

7

: intensely excited : frantic

8

: marked by intense and often chaotic activity : wild <a mad scramble>

— mad·dish \ˈma-dish\ adjective

— like mad

: to an extreme degree <spending like mad>

Examples of MAD

1. If you keep teasing that dog, you'll make him mad.
2. What are you so mad about?
3. That guy makes me so mad!
4. a movie about a mad scientist
5. She's mad for a cute boy in her class.
6. He's mad keen on sailing.

Origin of MAD

Middle English medd, madd, from Old English gemǣd, past participle of *gemǣdan to madden, from gemād silly, mad; akin to Old High German gimeit foolish, crazy

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to MAD

Synonyms

angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, angry, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth

Antonyms

angerless, delighted, pleased

Related Words

ranting, raving, stormy; boiling, bristling, bristly, burning, cross, huffy, passionate, seething, sizzling, smoldering (or smouldering), worked up, wrought (up); acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, bitter, embittered, inimical, malevolent, piqued, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, vengeful, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic; antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy, ill-tempered, sorehead (or soreheaded), sulky, unfriendly, unpleasant; aggravated, annoyed, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, exasperated, fretful, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, inflammable, irascible, irritable, peevish, perturbed, petulant, put out, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy; argumentative, belligerent, contentious, contrary, disputatious, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, querulous

Near Antonyms

accepting, accommodating, obliging; agreeable, amenable, complaisant; amicable, cordial, friendly; content, happy, satisfied; empathetic, sympathetic, tolerant, understanding; calm, pacific, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil, unembittered; affable, amiable, easygoing, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, kind, pleasant, sweet

Rhymes with MAD

ad, add, bad, brad, cad, chad, Chad, clad, dad, fad, gad, Gad, glad, grad, lad, pad, plaid, rad, sad, scad, shad, tad, trad

²mad

verb

mad·dedmad·ding

Definition of MAD

: madden

Examples of MAD

1. <her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers>

First Known Use of MAD

14th century

Related to MAD

Synonyms

enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil, steam up, tick off

Antonyms

delight, gratify, please

Related Words

affront, aggravate, annoy, burn (up), cross, exasperate, get, huff, irritate, miff, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, ruffle, vex; antagonize, embitter, envenom

Near Antonyms

allay, assuage, relieve; comfort, console, soothe; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate; calm, lull, quiet, settle; beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, disarm, enchant

³mad

noun

Definition of MAD

1

: a fit or mood of bad temper

2

: anger, fury

Examples of MAD

1. <watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now>

First Known Use of MAD

1834

Related to MAD

Synonyms

angriness, birse [chiefly Scottish], choler, furor, fury, indignation, irateness, ire, lividity, lividness, anger, madness, mood [archaic], outrage, rage, spleen, wrath, wrathfulness

Antonyms

delight, pleasure

Related Words

aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, vexation; acrimoniousness, acrimony, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bile, biliousness, bitterness, contempt, embitterment, empoisonment, enmity, grudge, hostility, rancor; envy, jaundice, jealousy, pique, resentment; malevolence, malice, spite, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol; belligerence, contentiousness, contrariness, crankiness, disputatiousness, hot-headedness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, orneriness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, querulousness; blowup, flare, flare-up, outburst; chafe, dander, dudgeon, huff, pet, rise, ruffle, temper; air rage, road rage; delirium, heat, passion, warmth

Near Antonyms

calmness, forbearance, patience

MAD

abbreviation

Definition of MAD

mutual assured destruction; mutually assured destruction

mad

adjective \ˈmad\   (Medical Dictionary)

mad·der; mad·dest

Medical Definition of MAD

1

: arising from, indicative of, or marked by mental disorder

2

: affected with rabies : rabid