If you're mad about something, you've lost your temper. If you've gone mad, you've lost your mind.
of
Adjective S.
roused to anger; "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"
Adjective S.
affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
Adjective S.
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
Adjective S.
very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
n.
A slattern.
n.
The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and
hence, sometimes, any fairy.
p. p. of Made.
superl.
Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
superl.
Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason;
inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as,
to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
superl.
Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing
distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
superl.
Extravagant; immoderate.
superl.
Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the
lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a
mad dog.
superl.
Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a
person.
superl.
Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
v. t.
To make mad or furious; to madden.
v. i.
To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
n.
An earthworm.
Mad
Mad
I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad.2.
It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.3.
Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled.4.
Mad
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me.
Mad
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest.
Mad
of
Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
To make mad or furious; to madden.
To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See
An earthworm.
Usage Examples
Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.
'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being the difference between sanity and insanity the meaning of life and death what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Other Usage ExamplesHappiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad.
Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.
But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
As a kid, I was always mad - just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, while the men were watching football. For one, I don't want to cook, and for two, I hate football. I was stuck in the middle.
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