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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
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
This all tends to be a bit of a circus — tenants get mad, landlords get mad, then the board comes out with a number everyone hates.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
Krakowski was immediately mad for the part of the egomaniacal actress Jenna Maroney.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
The Arts are for everyone - and the Left is mad about it.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Think Black cops, think Clarence Thomas, and get ready to get mad.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
This all tends to be a bit of a circus — tenants get mad, landlords get mad, then the board comes out with a number everyone hates.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
Krakowski was immediately mad for the part of the egomaniacal actress Jenna Maroney.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
The Arts are for everyone - and the Left is mad about it.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
Adjective
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Robby is angry at himself for not seeing it.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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None of the referees appeared to be struck by the objects being thrown on the court, despite video showing a windfall of debris raining down from the angry crowd.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Code Pink is a bunch of insane radicals and someone could have gotten hurt.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Keira is the first to admit she’s not blessed with insane athletic ability.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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As the family's frantic search begins, the media is quick to point the finger at Marissa and her friend, Jenny Kaminski (Elle Fanning), whose nanny, Carrie Finch (Sophia Lillis), becomes the prime suspect.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The dialogue is rooted in these testimonies, capturing the authentic prayers, words of comfort, and frantic internal debates that occurred as the staff navigated the complex military and bureaucratic hurdles required to dispatch an ambulance.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Set in a perpetually sunny, idealized England vaguely between the wars, The Code of the Woosters concerns the misadventures of man-about-town Bertie Wooster (stupid, amiable, rich) and his impeccably helpful valet Jeeves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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At Amiri’s trial last year, Manly-Williams was brushed off by the defense as the stupidest witness prosecutors presented.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Did the man go too far, or was his anger justified?—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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As Blacc hinted at, there is more than a little anger to go around about what happened before, during and since the fires, along with the sorrow and thousand other emotions.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s blunt warnings have infuriated the country’s leaders, who have since doubled down on crushing the protests.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Things eventually come to a head back in Cairo, where local police arrest Roper and his team, only for the enraged buyers, who were defrauded due to Pine's intervention, to seize the convoy.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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If not for the deeply funny asides and anecdotes from the book’s fictional characters, the reader would be left enraged and shaking.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That character is having a kind of psychotic break, really.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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However, mental health experts now warn that for a small group of vulnerable people, long and emotionally charged conversations with AI may worsen delusions or psychotic symptoms.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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