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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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as in insane
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
the man who thinks he's been turned into a bug is clearly mad
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
a mad rush to finish the shopping before Christmas
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as in stupid
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
her mad decision to quit a good job and run off to the big city with a man she barely knew
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as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now
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as in to anger
to make angry
her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers
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Recent Examples of mad
Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
There have been warnings about this for some time now — how in the mad rush to build AI tools, Google is threatening its own dominant business, the business of keyword search.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
So a year after the Yankees didn’t do nearly enough at the trade deadline, Brian Cashman just went all mad scientist on us.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
That didn’t stop Mims from getting legitimately mad Friday when he got tackled by John Franklin-Myers on the first play of 11-on-11 of practice.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The result: an energy crisis and a mad scramble for LNG.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2025
There have been warnings about this for some time now — how in the mad rush to build AI tools, Google is threatening its own dominant business, the business of keyword search.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
So a year after the Yankees didn’t do nearly enough at the trade deadline, Brian Cashman just went all mad scientist on us.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
That didn’t stop Mims from getting legitimately mad Friday when he got tackled by John Franklin-Myers on the first play of 11-on-11 of practice.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
Adjective
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Freed of her caring duties, angry and uncertain about her future Karl gets on a Greyhound bus and heads to Las Vegas where Jean is working as a waitress at the El Cortez.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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The emu egg—a two pound, eight-inch ovoid with a sultry teal shell gently speckled in pale green—seemed like just the right absurdist final flourish for an already insane endeavor.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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The frantic husband immediately called 911 so his wife and baby could be transported to a nearby hospital.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Dallas was on the other end of that story later in the week, making a frantic comeback against Los Angeles at home but falling short as Bueckers’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer rimmed out.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Jess: The curds themselves are crispy, but the toast is stupid.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
22 Aug. 2025
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The dialogue wasn’t dumbed down and stupid comic book stuff.—
William Earl,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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For those on the fringes of the fan protest, maintaining the anger to rally against those in charge probably becomes harder in those circumstances.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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As the immediacy of the COVID crisis receded, public anger about the American response to it took deeper root—perhaps most prominently among some critics who are now Trump appointees.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Humorists can infuriate the checkers, who recognize that even funny nonfiction has to be completely real; it’s held to the same standard as anything else.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Some worked on matters that have long infuriated Trump, like the intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election on his behalf.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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During the weekend retreat at Camp David, in 1971, when Nixon’s team arrived at the decision to untether the dollar from gold, Treasury Secretary John Connally dismissed concerns that allies would be furious.—
Wally Adeyemo,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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During the 2013 trial, prosecutors said Arias was furious after Alexander ended their relationship and began seeing someone new, rejecting her attempts to rekindle their romance.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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