MAD

MAD  (md)

abbr.

mutual assured destruction

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mad  (md)

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.

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

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maddish adj.

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mad

Adjective

[madder, maddest]

1. mentally deranged; insane

2. extremely foolish; senseless: that was a mad thing to do!

3. Informal angry or annoyed: he's mad at her for the unjust accusation

4. extremely excited or confused: a mad rush

5.

a. (of animals) unusually ferocious: a mad bear

b. (of animals) afflicted with rabies

6. mad about or on or over wildly enthusiastic about or fond of

7. like mad Informal with great energy, enthusiasm, or haste [Old English gemǣded made insane]

madness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	mad - roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" huffy, sore colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"
	2.	mad - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" brainsick, crazy, demented, unhinged, unbalanced, sick, disturbed insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
	3.	mad - marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" delirious, frantic, unrestrained, excited wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"
	4.	mad - very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" harebrained, insane foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

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mad

adjective 1. insane, mental (slang) crazy (informal) nuts (slang) bananas (slang) barking (slang) raving, distracted, frantic, frenzied, unstable, crackers Brit. (slang) batty (slang) crazed, lunatic, loony (slang) psychotic, demented, cuckoo (informal) unbalanced, barmy (slang) nutty (slang) deranged, delirious, rabid, bonkers (slang), chiefly Brit. flaky U.S. (slang) unhinged, loopy (informal) crackpot (informal) out to lunch (informal) round the bend Brit. (slang) aberrant, barking mad (slang) out of your mind, gonzo (slang) screwy (informal) doolally (slang) off your head (slang) off your trolley (slang) round the twist Brit. (slang) up the pole (informal) of unsound mind, as daft as a brush (informal), chiefly Brit. lost your marbles (informal) not right in the head, non compos mentis (Latin) off your rocker (slang) not the full shilling (informal) off your nut (slang) off your chump (slang) wacko or whacko (informal) off the air Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE sane

adjective 2. foolish, absurd, wild, stupid, daft (informal) ludicrous, unreasonable, irrational, unsafe, senseless, preposterous, foolhardy, nonsensical, unsound, inane, imprudent, asinine << OPPOSITE sensible

adjective 3. (Informal) angry, cross, furious, irritated, fuming, choked, infuriated, raging, ape (slang) incensed, enraged, exasperated, irate, livid (informal) berserk, seeing red (informal) incandescent, wrathful, fit to be tied (slang) in a wax (informal), chiefly Brit. berko Austral. (slang) tooshie Austral. (slang) off the air Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE calm

adjective 4. (usually with about) enthusiastic, wild, crazy (informal) nuts (slang) keen, hooked, devoted, in love with, fond, daft (informal) ardent, fanatical, avid, impassioned, zealous, infatuated, dotty (slang), chiefly Brit. enamoured << OPPOSITE nonchalant

adjective 5. frenzied, wild, excited, energetic, abandoned, agitated, frenetic, uncontrolled, boisterous, full-on (informal) ebullient, gay, riotous, unrestrained

USAGE Mad is often used in informal speech to describe behaviour that is wild or unpredictable, or a person who is behaving in such a way. Care should be taken with this word and with all its synonyms, since many of them can cause great offence. In particular, it is important to avoid the loose use of clinical terms such as psychotic unless you are referring seriously to specific psychiatric disorders. In contexts where psychiatric disorders are being discussed, you should avoid labelling people with the name of their condition. For example, instead of describing someone as psychotic, you would say they were having a psychotic episode; similarly, you would say that someone is affected by depression, rather than labelling them a depressive. Note that some people also object to the phrase suffer from in this context, as in he suffers from paranoia, preferring more neutral verbs such as experience or be affected by. Also avoid using old-fashioned words such as insane, demented, and lunatic with reference to psychiatric disorders. In all contexts, informal and judgmental words such as mental and loony are to be avoided.

Translations

mad [mæd] adj → loco; [idea] → disparatado (= angry); furioso, enojado (LAM);

mad (at or with sb) → furioso (con algn);

to be mad (keen) about or on sth → estar loco por algo;

to go mad → volverse loco, enloquecer(se)

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mad [mæd] adj → fou(folle) (= foolish); insensé(e) (= angry); furieux/euse;

to go mad → devenir fou;

to be mad (keen) about or on sth (inf) → être follement passionné de qch, être fou de qch

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mad [mæd] adj → wahnsinnig, verrückt;

(angry) → böse, sauer (inf);

to be mad about → verrückt sein auf +acc;

to be mad at sb → böse or sauer auf jdn sein;

to go mad (insane) → verrückt or wahnsinnig werden;

(angry) → böse or sauer werden

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mad [mæd] adj → matto/a, pazzo/a (= foolish); sciocco/a (= angry); furioso/a;

to go mad → impazzire, diventar matto;

mad (at or with sb) → furibondo/a (con qn);

to be mad (keen) about or on sth (col) → andar pazzo or matto per qc

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mad

adj mad [mӕd]

1 mentally disturbed or insane Ophelia went mad; You must be mad. mal مَجْنون луд šílený skør; sindssyg verrückt τρελός loco hull دیوانه hullu fou מְשוּגָע पागल lud, mahnit őrült gila brjálaður matto 気の狂った 미친, 정신 나간 pamišęs, beprotis ārprātīgs, traks gila gek gal, sinnssyk szalony, obłąkany louco nebun сумасшедший šialený nor lud galen, tokig, vansinnig วิกลจริต deli 發瘋的 божевільний پاگل mất trí 发疯的

2 (sometimes withatorwith) very angry She was mad at me for losing my keys. kwaad غاضِب جِدا бесен vzteklý gal sauer έξαλλος furioso raevus عصبانی vihainen furieux (contre) מְרוּגָז उत्तेजित jako ljut dühös (vkire) marah bálreiður furibondo 激怒した 성난 įširdęs, pasiutęs dusmīgs, nikns marah boos sint wściekły zangado furios (pe) рассерженный zlostný, zúrivý besen ljut förbannad โกรธจัด kızgın 發怒的 несамовитий; розлючений بہت غصے میں rất giận dữ 发怒的

3 (withabout) having a great liking or desire for I'm just mad about Harry. mal مولَع جِداً ب، مُغْرَم обожавам zblázněný (do) vild verrückt sein τρελός (και παλαβός) για loco (por) hull علاقه مند hulluna johonkin fou (de), emballé (par) “מְשוּגָע” על- गुस्सा biti lud za nečim bolondul vmiért tergila-gila vitlaus í pazzo di; appassionato 熱狂して 열광적으로 좋아하는 pametęs galvą dėl aizrāvies tergila-gila dol gal etter, vilt forelsket i zwariowany (na punkcie) apaixonado nebun/înne­bunit după обожающий zbláznený (do) nor na kaj lud tokig i คลั่งไคล้ tutkun, ... delisi 入迷的 пристрасно закоханий شدید محبت یا کشش say mê điên dại 入迷的

adv madly

mal بِجُنون лудо šíleně sindssygt wie verrückt τρελά locamente hullupööra دیوانه وار mielettömästi follement כִּמטוֹרָף गुस्से से ludo, mahnito őrülten, vadul secara gila-gilaan brjálæðislega pazzamente 狂ったように 미쳐서, 맹렬히 beprotiškai traki dengan gila dol vilt, som en gal wściekle loucamente la nebunie; nebuneşte безумно šialene noro ludo vansinnigt อย่างบ้าคลั่ง delice, çılgınca 發瘋地 безумно; несамовито شدت سے một cách điên khùng 发疯地

n madness

malligheid جُنون лудост šílenství sindssyge der Wahnsinn τρέλα locura hullus جنون hulluus folie טֵירוּף क्रोध, पागलपन, दीवानापन, उत्तेजना ludilo, mahnitost őrület, őrültség kegilaan brjálæði pazzia 狂気 광기, 격노, 열광 beprotybė, siutas ārprāts, trakums; dusmas kegilaan krankzinnigheid galskap, sinnssykdom szaleństwo loucura nebunie сумасшествие šialenstvo norost ludilo vansinne, galenskap ความวิกลจริต delilik, çılgınlık 瘋狂 безумство; несамовитість دیوانہ پن sự điên khùng 疯狂

v madden

to make mad or very angry The animal was maddened by the pain. kwaad gemaak يُجَنِّن вбесявам dohnat k šílenství, rozzuřit ophidse; gøre rasende toll machen τρελαίνω enloquecer, enfurecer hulluks ajama دیوانه شدن؛ عصبانی شدن saada suunniltaan rendre fou לְהִשתָגֵע पागल बनाना, पागल कर देने वाला izluditi, razdražiti megőrjít, -vadít membuat marah gera bálreiðan/brjálaðan far impazzire 発狂させる 미치게 하다, 화나게 하다 išvesti iš proto, įsiutinti satracināt, saniknot membuat marah dol maken gjøre sint, opprøre rozwścieczyć, doprowadzić do szału enlouquecer a înne­buni доводить до бешенства dohnať k zúrivosti pobesneti razljutiti göra galen (förbannad) ทำให้บ้า delir(t)mek, çıldır(t)mak 使發瘋 зводити з розуму; дратувати شدید غصہ آنا tức điên 使发疯

adj maddening

likely to cause anger maddening delays. irriterende, frustrerende مُسَبِّب للجُنون вбесяващ pobuřující irriterende verrückt machen εξοργιστικός enloquecedor vihaleajav عصبانی کننده raivostuttava exaspérant מוֹציא מִן הַדעַת पागल कर देने वाले natjeran u ludilo dühítő mengesalkan óþolandi esasperante 腹だたしい 화나게 하는 siutinantis tracinošs; kaitinošs menyebabkan seseorang marah irriterend irriterende, ergerlig irytujący irritante exasperant досадный; раздражающий poburujúci noro izluđujući högst irriterande, outhärdlig บ้าคลั่ง çıldırtıcı, delirtici 令人發瘋的, 發狂的 дратуючий غصہ دلانے وال làm cho bực mình 令人发疯的, 发狂的

adv maddeningly

irriterend بصورةٍ مُسَبِّبَه للجُنون вбесяващо k zbláznění irriterende aufreizend τρελός enloquecedoramente vihastavalt با عصبانیت ärsyttävästi rendre fou à בְצוָּרה מַרגִיזָה पागल बना देते हुए, पागलपन जैसी दशा में ले जाते हुए koji tjera u ludilo őrjítően secara mengesalkan óþolanlega in modo esasperante 腹だたしく 크게 노하여 pasiutusiai tracinoši; kaitinoši dengan menyebabkan seseorang marah irriterend irriterende, vanvittig irytująco irritantemente înnebunitor (de) досадно na zbláznenie ki spravlja ob pamet izluđujuće högst irriterande, outhärdligt อย่างบ้าคลั่ง çıldırtıcasına, delirtircesine 激怒地,使人惱火地 дратівливо دیوانہ وار một cách làm cho bực mình 激怒地,使人恼火地

n madman

a person who is insane He drove/fought like a madman. malle مَجْنون луд šílenec, blázen en sindssyg der/die Wahnsinnige τρελός, τρελή loco; loca hull مرد دیوانه mielipuoli fou, folle מְשוּגָע पागल आदमी luđak őrült orang gila vitfirringur folle 狂人 미치광이 beprotis, pamiðëlis ārprātīgais orang gila gek galning, gal person szaleniec louco nebun сумасшедший šialenec, blázon norec ludak galning, vettvilling คนบ้า deli (adam/kadın) 狂人, 瘋子 божевільний; божевільна دیوانہ وار người điên 狂人, 疯子

n mad ˈcow disease

a fatal disease of cattle, which can affect also humans who eat meat from infected cattle. malkoeisiekte مَرَض البَقَرَه المَجْنونَه луда крава nemoc šílených krav kogalskab; kvægsygdommen BSE der Rinderwahnsinn η νόσος των τρελών αγελάδων de las enfermedad vacas locas hullulehmatõbi جنون گاوی de la vache folle la maladie מַחֲלַת הַפָּרָה הַמשוּגַעַת एक बीमारी kravlje ludilo kergemarhakór penyakit sapi gila (morbo della mucca pazza) 狂牛病 galvijø pasiutligë govju trakumsērga, Kreicfelda–Jakoba slimība penyakit lembu gila gekkekoeienziekte kugalskap choroba wściekłych krów коровье бешенство choroba šialených kráv bolezen norih krav bolest ludih krava โรควัวบ้า deli dana hastalığı 瘋牛病 коров'ячий сказ جانوروں کی ایک مہلک بیماری bệnh bò điên 疯牛病

like mad

wildly, desperately, very quickly etc struggling/trying/running like mad. vir die vale كالمَجْنون отчаяно jako blázen som en gal wie verrückt σαν τρελός, απελπισμένα como un loco nagu hull خشم الود hullun lailla comme un perdu כְּמוֹ מְשוּגָע पागलों की तरह परिश्रम एवं बहुत तेजी से काम करना kao lud, kao mahnit eszeveszetten mati-matian eins og óður come un pazzo 猛烈に 다급하게, 미친 듯이 kaip pasiutęs kā traks, kā neprātīgs bermati-matian als een gek som en gal jak szalony como um louco ca un ne­bun безудержно;изо всех сил ako blázon kot nor kao lud som en galning รีบเร่ง deliler gibi, delicesine 發瘋似的 наче здурів بڑے جوش اور قوت کے ساتھ như điên 发疯似的