mad

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.4 Noun 3.4.1 Inflection 4 Palauan 4.1 Noun 5 Welsh 5.1 Adjective 5.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æd

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mad (comparative madder, superlative maddest)

1. Insane; mentally deranged.

   You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?

   He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.

2. (chiefly US; UK dated + regional) Angry, annoyed.

   Are you mad at me?

3. Wildly confused or excited.
4. Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
5. (colloquial) (usually as mad for or mad about) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.

   Aren't you just mad for that red dress?

6. (of animals) abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.

   A mad dog

7. (slang, chiefly Northeastern US) Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; much or many.

   I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets.

   Their lead guitarist has mad skills.

   There's always mad girls at those parties.

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• (insane): See WikiSaurus:insane
• (angry): See WikiSaurus:angry
• (slang: Intensifier; much): hella; helluv.

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[edit] Adverb

mad (not comparable)

1. (slang, chiefly NY) Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.

   He was driving mad slow.

   It's mad hot today.

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• (slang: Intensifier; very): hella; helluv; wicked

[edit] Derived terms

• mad as a hatter
• madden
• madding
• madhouse
• madly

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to mad (third-person singular simple present mads, present participle madding, simple past and past participle madded)

1. To madden, to anger.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act V Scene 5

     This musick mads me, let it sound no more

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: Adm.
• AMD
• dam
• DMA

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[edit] Breton

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mad

1. good

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mad

1. goodness

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mad/, [mað]

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse matr.

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mad c. (singular definite maden, not used in plural form)

1. food

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mad c. (singular definite madden, plural indefinite madder)

1. sandwich, bread and butter

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[edit] Palauan

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mad

1. eye

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[edit] Welsh

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mad

1. good
2. lucky, fortunate
3. suitable

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mad m.

1. goodness