mad
adjective
[ mad ]
• mentally ill; insane.
• "he felt as if he were going mad"
Similar:
insane,
mentally ill,
certifiable,
deranged,
demented,
of unsound mind,
out of one's mind,
not in one's right mind,
sick in the head,
not together,
crazy,
crazed,
lunatic,
non compos mentis,
unbalanced,
unhinged,
unstable,
disturbed,
distracted,
stark mad,
manic,
frenzied,
raving,
distraught,
frantic,
hysterical,
delirious,
psychotic,
psychopathic,
mad as a hatter,
mad as a March hare,
foaming at the mouth,
sectionable,
yampy,
mental,
off one's head,
out of one's head,
off one's nut,
nuts,
nutty,
nutty as a fruitcake,
off one's rocker,
not (quite) right in the head,
round the bend,
stark staring/raving mad,
raving mad,
bats,
bonkers,
cuckoo,
cracked,
loopy,
loony,
bananas,
loco,
dippy,
screwy,
schizoid,
touched,
gaga,
up the pole,
off the wall,
not all there,
not right upstairs,
barmy,
crackers,
barking,
barking mad,
dotty,
batty,
round the twist,
off one's trolley,
as daft as a brush,
not the full shilling,
away with the fairies,
buggy,
nutsy,
nutso,
out of one's tree,
meshuga,
squirrelly,
wacko,
bushed,
yarra,
porangi,
have a screw loose,
have bats in the/one's belfry,
• very enthusiastic about someone or something.
• "he's mad about football"
Similar:
enthusiastic,
passionate,
impassioned,
keen on,
ardent,
zealous,
fervent,
avid,
eager,
fervid,
fanatical,
addicted to,
devoted to,
infatuated with,
in love with,
hot for,
crazy,
nuts,
wild,
hooked on,
gone on,
potty,
dotty,
nutso,
• very angry.
• "don't be mad at me"
Similar:
angry,
furious,
infuriated,
irate,
raging,
enraged,
fuming,
blazing,
flaming mad,
blazing mad,
in a towering rage,
incensed,
wrathful,
seeing red,
cross,
indignant,
exasperated,
irritated,
berserk,
out of control,
beside oneself,
livid,
spare,
wild,
aerated,
waxy,
in a wax,
sore,
become very angry,
lose one's temper,
get in a rage,
rant,
rant and rave,
fulminate,
go crazy,
explode,
burst,
go off the deep end,
go ape,
flip,
flip one's lid,
do one's nut,
flip one's wig,
go apeshit,
• great; remarkable.
• "I got mad respect for him"
mad
adverb
• very; extremely.
• "he was mad cool—we immediately hit it off"
mad
verb
• make (someone) mad.
• "had I but seen thy picture in this plight, it would have madded me"
Origin:
Old English gemǣd(e)d ‘maddened’, participial form related to gemād ‘mad’, of Germanic origin.
MAD
abbreviation
• mutual (or mutually) assured destruction.
MAD
abbreviation
• Moroccan dirham(s).
go mad
• allow oneself to get carried away by enthusiasm or excitement.
• "let's go mad and splash out"
Similar:
become frenzied,
become uncontrollable,
lose control,
erupt,
boil over,
