mad

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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) Angry.
    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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mad (not comparable)

Positive
mad

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  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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[edit] Breton

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mad

  1. good
  2. goodness

[edit] Danish

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mad

  1. food

[edit] Palauan

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mad

  1. eye
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