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feeling or showing anger the constant harassment from telemarketers finally made her good and mad

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noun

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verb

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Recent Examples of mad
Adjective
Coach Ime Udoka will get to play mad scientist during the regular season, figuring out the best lineup combinations to unleash his roster’s unique blend of athleticism and size. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025 At times, Steve Kerr moves like a mad scientist masquerading as the Warriors’ head coach. Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025 Fox News mad that there are so many old white people in America. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025 The woman was going to drive him mad. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
Adjective
  • Nick went to his grave angry The Citadel had let Marc play that day.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Good intentions, sure, but when is angry bipartisanship not going to be a part of the American culture?
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The sanity phase of his trial began Thursday to determine whether Nicholson was legally insane at the time of the murders.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This lockdown is insane & disturbing with what happened during our investigation.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Alongside Idris as the president, the lead ensemble cast of increasingly frantic White House officials, security advisors and senior military figures includes the likes of Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Jason Clarke and Tracy Letts.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos have had to open their season on the opposite side of the country the past two years — a frantic 56-45 win at Georgia Southern last year and a 34-7 loss to South Florida in August.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And that’s a stupid, dumb, mindless question.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Dessert Week is the stupidest week, at least conceptually.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reactions to the extraordinary news spread quickly, ranging from surprise to anger at the league itself, according to five people who work inside or closely with the NBA, all of whom were granted anonymity because they were not permitted to speak publicly about the matter.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Is that your way of expressing the anger and exhaustion that so many people feel in the country right now?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There are other infuriating remarks, too.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That has infuriated business leaders who complain it makes the state less competitive and drives away the wealthy.
    Fortune, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Norman Mailer achieved a similar thing in his non-fiction novel about Gary Gilmore The Executioner’s Song—although, by the time the book was published in 1979, the seedy, psychotic world of Gilmore and his two girlfriends, Nicole and April Baker, hardly came as a revelation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Since its introduction in 2022, only people with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders have had access to the program.
    CalMatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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