Mad

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology

Middle English medd, madd, from Old English gemǣd 'enraged', from gemād 'silly, mad', from Proto-Germanic *maiđaz (cf. Old High German gimeit 'foolish, crazy', Gothic gamaiþs 'crippled'), past participle of *maiđjanan 'to cripple, injure', from Proto-Indo-European *mei 'to change' (cf. Template:Sga máel 'bald, dull', Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti 'to wound', Sanskrit méthati 'he hurts, comes to blows').

Adjective

Mad (comparative madd, superlative er)

Positive Mad

Comparative madd

Superlative er

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.

Synonyms

• (insane): See WikiSaurus:insane
• (angry): See WikiSaurus:angry
• (slang: Intensifier; much): hella; helluv.
• (frustrated): See Wikipedia:Mad Synonyms

Translations

insane (adj.)

Albanian: marrë sq(sq) Arabic: مجنون (majnūn) Breton: foll n., sot n. Catalan: boig m., boja f. Chinese: 疯狂的 (fēngkuángde) Croatian: lud hr(hr) Czech: šílený cs(cs) m. Danish: vanvittig, skør, sindssyg, gal Dutch: waanzinnig nl(nl), gek nl(nl), zot nl(nl) Esperanto: freneza eo(eo) Finnish: hullu fi(fi), mieletön fi(fi) French: fou fr(fr) m., folle fr(fr) f. German: wahnsinnig de(de), verrückt de(de), toll de(de), irre de(de), geisteskrank de(de) Greek: τρελός m., παράφρονας m., φρενοβλαβής m., μανιακός m. Hindi: (pagal) Hungarian: őrült hu(hu) Ido: fola Indonesian: gila id(id) Italian: pazzo it(it), folle it(it), matto it(it), insano it(it)

Japanese: 気が狂った (きがくるった, kiga kurutta) Javanese: edan jv(jv) Korean: 미친 (michin) Kurdish: شێت Malay: gila ms(ms) Ngarrindjeri: [[wurangi#Template:Nay|wurangi]] Norwegian: gal no(no), sprø no(no) Old English: wōd ang(ang), wōd ang(ang) Pashto: لېونى ps(ps) (lewanai) m. Pitjantjatjara: rama Portuguese: louco pt(pt) Russian: сумасшедший ru(ru) (sumasšedšij) Sardinian: maccu, iscassiadu m. Scottish Gaelic: às a ciall f., às a chiall m. Spanish: loco es(es) m., trastornado es(es) m. Swedish: vansinnig sv(sv), galen sv(sv) Thai: บ้า (baa), วิกลจริต (vi khon ja rit) Turkish: deli tr(tr)

angry

Breton: kounnaret, fuloret, fumet Danish: vred da(da), gal da(da) Dutch: boos nl(nl), kwaad nl(nl) Finnish: vihainen fi(fi) French: fâché fr(fr) m., fâchée fr(fr) f., en colère fr(fr) m. and f. German: sauer de(de), böse de(de) Greek: έξαλλος el(el) m., εξοργισμένος el(el) m., τρελός el(el) m.

Indonesian: gusar id(id) Kurdish: توره‌, تۆراو, عادز Norwegian: sint no(no), sinna no(no), olm no(no) Old English: wrāþ ang(ang) Portuguese: bravo pt(pt), nervoso pt(pt) Spanish: enfadado es(es) m., enojado es(es) m. Thai: บ้าคลั่ง (baa klaang)

wanting intensely

Greek: μανιακός el(el) m., λυσσασμένος el(el) m. Norwegian: gal etter

Pashto: لېونى ps(ps) (lewanai) m.

Adverb

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Verb

Infinitive to Mad

Third person singular mad

Simple past ing

Past participle -

Present participle d

to Mad (third-person singular simple present mad, present participle d, simple past and past participle ing)

1. (now colloquial Template:Context 5) To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act V Scene 5:

     This musick mads me, let it sound no more.

   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.iv:

     He that mads others, if he were so humoured, would be as mad himself, as much grieved and tormented [...].

Anagrams

• Adm.,
• AMD
• dam
• DMA

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Breton

Adjective

Mad [[Category:Template:Bre adjectives|Mad]]

1. good

Noun

Mad [[Category:Template:Bre nouns|Mad]]

1. goodness

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Danish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mad/, [mað]

Etymology

From Old Norse matr.

Noun

Mad c. (singular definite Maden, not used in plural form)

1. food

Noun

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

1. sandwich, bread and butter

Inflection

    Inflection of Mad

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Mad	madden	madder	madderne
genitive	Mads	maddens	madders	maddernes

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Palauan

Noun

mad

1. eye

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Welsh

Adjective

Mad [[Category:Template:Cy adjectives|Mad]]

1. good
2. lucky, fortunate
3. suitable

Noun

Mad m. [[Category:Template:Cy nouns|Mad]]

1. goodness

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