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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mad \mad\, a. compar. madder; superl. maddest. as. gem?d,
   gem=ad, mad; akin to os. gem?d foolish, ohg. gameit, icel.
   mei?a to hurt, goth. gam'aids weak, broken. ?.
   1. disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
      1913 webster

            i have heard my grandsire say full oft,
            extremity of griefs would make men mad. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            it is the land of graven images, and they are mad
            upon their idols.                     --jer. 1. 88.
      1913 webster

            and being exceedingly mad against them, i persecuted
            them even unto strange cities.        --acts xxvi.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

   3. proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing
      distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme
      rashness. "mad demeanor." --milton.
      1913 webster

            mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years
            of peace.                             --franklin.
      1913 webster

            the mad promise of cleon was fulfilled. --jowett
                                                  thucyd..
      1913 webster

   4. extravagant; immoderate. "be mad and merry." --shak.
      "fetching mad bounds." --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the
      lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia;
      rabid; as, a mad dog.
      1913 webster

   6. angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
      colloq.
      1913 webster

   7. having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
      colloq.
      1913 webster

   like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to
      run like mad. --l'estrange.

   to run mad.
      a to become wild with excitement.
      b to run wildly about under the influence of
          hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.

   to run mad after, to pursue under the influence of
      infatuation or immoderate desire. "the world is running
      mad after farce." --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
madder maddest like mad to run mad to run mad after 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mad
     adj 1: 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" syn: huffy, sore
     2: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
        syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed,
         sick, unbalanced, unhinged
     3: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
        delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
        gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" syn: delirious, excited,
         frantic, unrestrained
     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
     also: madding, madded, maddest, madder
see also:
huffy sore brainsick crazy demented distracted 
disturbed sick unbalanced unhinged delirious 
excited frantic unrestrained harebrained insane 
madding madded maddest madder 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
maddest
     see mad
see also:
mad 

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