mad
adjective
1. Angry, annoyed.
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
Similar word(s): angry, huffy, sore
2. affected with madness or insanity
- a man who had gone mad
Similar word(s): insane, brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; overcome with desire for something.
- a mad whirl of pleasure
Similar word(s): wild, delirious, excited, frantic, unrestrained
4. very foolish
- a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains
Similar word(s): foolish, harebrained, insane
Sentences with mad as an adjective:
- You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?
- He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.
- Are you mad at me?
- to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
- Aren't you just mad for that red dress?
- a mad dog
- I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets.
adverb
1. (slang, New England, New York and Britain, dialect) Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
- He was driving mad slow.
- It's mad hot today.
- He seems mad keen on her.
verb
1. (now colloquial US) To madden, to anger, to frustrate.