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as in angry
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
Mengele would’ve detested what became of his bones; there’s a sense of catharsis to the mad doctor being reduced to parts on a slab. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025 Shinwell takes the rep aside and asks her to grab some of the antidote to the sickness that pushed Stephens into a coma, because the mad scientist must have some lying around. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 May 2025 The late 19th century was a boom time for mad inventors, scam artists, and fast-talking salesmen. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025 While seeking shelter at the mansion, the duo meet Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite mad scientist who is hosting a costume party with a bizarre cast of characters. Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
Adjective
  • Major tennis governing bodies moved to combat online abuse and published last year a report that attributed nearly half of abusive social media posts to angry gamblers.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • Testimony in a Placer County murder trial continued Tuesday with an investigator reciting angry emails over a $1.3 million loan for a fledgling business between a Lake Tahoe-area couple and their former Major League Baseball player son-in-law who is accused of shooting them.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • There's no need for a language barrier to cause a frantic rush to cram in the language a week before your trip.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • There are unexpected movements, too, plus frantic activity between the more than 20 frames that surround the stage.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • Camp, stupid, joyful—to both own and access—Labubu has taken over.
    Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 31 May 2025
  • This is just stupid how successful this is, but that’s really underselling it.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Law enforcement officials believe the man, Ramon Morales Reyes, never wrote a letter that Noem and her department shared with a message written in light blue ink expressing anger over Trump’s deportations and threatening to shoot him in the head with a rifle at a rally.
    Mike Balsamo, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • Law enforcement officials believe the man, Ramon Morales Reyes, never wrote a letter that Noem and her department shared with a message written in light blue ink expressing anger over Trump's deportations and threatening to shoot him in the head with a rifle at a rally.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • The Democrats’ response to the frenzy of executive actions has infuriated the party’s liberal base, which loudly accused Democratic leaders of failing to push back against an aggressive White House in ways that meet the urgency of the moment.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 1 June 2025
  • Navigating through these help desk mazes can be infuriating and time consuming.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.
    Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • New York trailed by 13 with 5:38 left in the game and tried to continue the series’ streak of someone — Knicks or Pacers — making a furious fourth quarter comeback.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 27 May 2025
  • Connecticut has funneled $12.5 billion in surpluses since 2017 to build reserves and scale back pension debt, a furious pace that far outstrips any similar effort in modern history.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025

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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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