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; 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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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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Infinitive
to mad

Third person singular
mads

Simple past
madded

Past participle
madded

Present participle
madding

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

  1. To madden, to anger.

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[edit] Breton

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mad

  1. good

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mad

  1. goodness

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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

[edit] Welsh

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mad

  1. good
  2. lucky, fortunate
  3. suitable

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mad m.

  1. goodness