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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
Two movie-mad SoCal kids finally hooking up to tell the story of a revolutionary group on the run, the actor and writer-director both love taking chances and both get excited at challenging their fan bases. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 The half-mad and mixed up world of luxury e-commerce has always had more than its fair share of strivers — from Net-a-porter and Matches to Ssense and Farfetch. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025 The messaging is tough and might persuade the Kremlin to calm its mad period of envelope-pushing, that saw Russian drones enter Poland and its jets violate Estonian airspace. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 Is Hinako mad, or is the world around her mad? Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
Adjective
  • Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • An angry cowboy named Jake once slammed a guest’s door and locked it.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Continue reading … ORWELL NIGHTMARE – Joe Rogan blasts 'insane' media silence on arrests for social media posts.
    , FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The queen greeted this insane question with a politely regal stare, ignored my faux pas, and continued talking about financial inclusion.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Then a frantic 19-point rally in the closing minutes made the final score feel closer than most of the night’s action let on.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Getting these fragrance gifts early comes with the benefits of beating the frantic shopping rush and winning at Christmas.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The name-calling and the stupid AI and the imagery has got to stop.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • These kids are being stupid and absurd and reckless and not thinking about anything other than what’s directly in front of their faces.
    Will Leitch, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Verbatim Reginald Dwayne Betts A 2012 essay from the American Poetry Review on poetry and the architecture of anger.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Morocco Anti-government protests fueled by anger over Morocco pouring money into preparations for the 2030 World Cup instead of public services have raged in the country for nearly a week.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In March, a bloc of centrist lawmakers broke ranks to advance a Republican spending bill without concessions, infuriating progressive groups that accused party leaders of capitulation.
    Nik Popli, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • My astrologer’s eyes twinkled with infuriating delight.
    Jessie Rosen, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 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
  • Names and backstories are different, but in Pynchon’s text, stoner pianist Zoyd Wheeler is taking odd jobs and government disability checks obtained by staging regular psychotic episodes, when federal agent Brock Vond drives him and his 14-year-old daughter Prairie from their home.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Lockjaw is Bob's psychotic, longtime nemesis, who is obsessed with finding him and his daughter.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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