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MAD (m

abbr.

mutual assured destruction

mad (m

adj. mad·der, mad·dest

1. Angry; resentful. See Synonyms at angry.

2. Suffering from a disorder of the mind; insane.

3. Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas: mad with jealousy.

4. Lacking restraint or reason; foolish: I was mad to have hired her in the first place.

5. Feeling or showing strong liking or enthusiasm: mad about sports.

6. Marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation; frantic: a mad scramble for the bus.

7. Boisterously gay; hilarious: had a mad time.

8. Affected by rabies; rabid.

tr. & intr.v. mad·ded, mad·ding, mads

To make or become mad; madden.

Idioms:

like mad Informal

1. Wildly; impetuously: drove like mad.

2. To an intense degree or great extent: worked like mad; snowing like mad.

mad as a hatter

Crazy; deranged.

[Middle English, from Old English gemdde, past participle of *gemdan, to madden, from gemd, insane; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

maddish adj.

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Adv.

like mad - with great speed or effort or intensity; "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"

like crazy, like hell, like sin, like the devil, like thunder

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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Angriness
crazy
false baby's breath
Field madder
Galium mollugo
genus Rubia
infant's-breath
MAD
Mad Anthony Wayne
mad apple
mad as a hatter
mad cow disease
mad-dog skullcap
mad-dog weed
madden
madder
madder family
Madderwort
madding

like herding frogs
Like Heterochromatin Protein 1
Like I Care
Like I Give A Damn
Like I Give A Rat's Ass
Like I Really Give A Flip
Like I Really Give A Spit
like I said
like I was saying
like it or lump it
like it or lump it
Like it or lump it!
like it was going out of style
like it's going out of fashion
Like it's such a big deal!
like kicking dead whales down the beach
Like Kind and Quality
Like Kind Exchange
Like Kind Exchange
Like Kind Exchanges
Like Kind Properties
Like Kind Property
like kings
Like Lambs To The Slaughter
like lightning
like lightning
like lightning
like looking for a needle in a haystack

like mad

Like Minded Gamers
Like Minded People
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Like Mother, Like Daughter
like moths to a flame
Like My Status
like nailing jelly to a tree
like nailing jelly to the wall
Like New
Like New In Box
Like New in Pouch
Like New Original Box
Like New With Box
Like No Other
like nobody's business
like nothing on earth
like one of the family
like peas in a pod
like peas in a pod
like peas in a pod
like peas in a pod
like pigs to the slaughter
Like Polarization
like pulling teeth
like quality
like rats abandoning a sinking ship
like ripe plums
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