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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.
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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.
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it is the land of graven images, and they are mad
upon their idols. --jer. 1. 88.
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and being exceedingly mad against them, i persecuted
them even unto strange cities. --acts xxvi.
11.
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3. proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing
distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme
rashness. "mad demeanor." --milton.
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mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years
of peace. --franklin.
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the mad promise of cleon was fulfilled. --jowett
thucyd..
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4. extravagant; immoderate. "be mad and merry." --shak.
"fetching mad bounds." --shak.
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5. furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the
lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia;
rabid; as, a mad dog.
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6. angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
colloq.
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7. having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
colloq.
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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.
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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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