mad
1. roused to anger (Freq. 12)
- "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
- sore over a remark
• Syn:
huffy, sore
• Similar to:
angry
• Derivationally related forms:
soreness (for: sore), madness, huff (for: huffy), huffiness (for: huffy)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
2. affected with madness or insanity (Freq. 10)
- a man who had gone mad
• Syn:
brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, sick,
unbalanced, unhinged
• Similar to:
insane
• Derivationally related forms:
sick (for: sick), madness, dementedness (for: demented), craze (for: crazy), craziness (for: crazy)
3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion (Freq. 9)
- a crowd of delirious baseball fans
- something frantic in their gaiety
- a mad whirl of pleasure
• Syn:
delirious, excited, frantic, unrestrained
• Similar to:
wild
• Derivationally related forms:
madness, delirium (for: delirious)
4. very foolish
- harebrained ideas
- took insane risks behind the wheel
- a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains
• Syn:
harebrained, insane
• Similar to:
foolish
• Derivationally related forms:
madness
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