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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
On Sunday afternoon, in a mad scramble that took place fewer than 20 minutes before the first pitch at Dodger Stadium, the Giants and Posey astonished the baseball industry. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 June 2025 The abuse from Claude stopped only because Johnson got mad. Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 Tracking, responding and motivations for ICE raids Chasing ICE: The mad scramble to track immigration raids across L.A. County. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025 Just how mad is Beijing about President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke student visas for Chinese nationals? Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
Adjective
  • Republican lawmakers were also angry when the Southern Association warned that a 2021 presidential search at Florida State University may violate accrediting standards.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • Many players, including some former Huskies, were drafted much higher and came off angry about dropping.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • If 51% of the population is being so underserved, the ratio to opportunity is insane.
    Gemma Allen, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And when Paul manages to elude his overseers and explore the surrounding area — spurring a frantic search, the menacing tenor of which raises Lise’s hackles — the movie effectively becomes a prison drama, with the trio’s eventual interviewee depicted as a shadowy warden who can decide their fate.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • When Nemo strays away from his reef and gets lost in the big open ocean, his frantic father teams up with the ever-forgetful Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) to find him.
    Meg Walters, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Mexican men were dismissed as violent Panchos and stupid Pedros.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • There’s more stupid romance around harder substances but few chemicals are more hazardous to ambition than THC.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • He’s allowed to feel the frustration and anger at them.
    Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2025
  • One legacy of Biden’s disastrous 2024 campaign has Democratic anger at the refusal of some elderly politicians to recognize when the time has come to cede the spotlight.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • His unwillingness to compromise made the restaurant unfeasibly expensive to run, infuriating his investor, family friend Uncle Jimmy (a.k.a.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
  • The cost of the wedding has been estimated at up to nearly $50M, infuriating locals and activists who claim Amazon pays minimal taxes in European countries and point to Bezos’ use of his extreme personal wealth to effectively take over parts of the historic city, disrupting daily life.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 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
  • River had Gonzalo Montiel sent off at the death for a second yellow card as the match ended with Inter players running off the pitch showered by items from the stands and followed by a furious Marcos Acuna until he was restrained by team-mates.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 25 June 2025
  • Employees, terrified and furious, call out to the agents.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 20 June 2025

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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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