madadjective
uk/mæd/us/mæd/madder or maddestmad adjective (MENTALLY ILL)
B1 mentally ill, or unable to behave in a reasonable way:
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- He went mad towards the end of his life.
- He started attacking his brother like a mad thing.
- In those days, people with this condition were considered mad and kept locked away in mental institutions.
- She used to hear voices in her head and everyone said she was mad.
- Don't be silly - you're not mad, you're just over-stressed and need a break.
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Of unsound mind
- around the bend idiom
- bat
- batshit
- battle-scarred
- beside
- crackers
- disturbed
- fruitcake
- gaga
- loon
- lose
- maniac
- nutcase
- off your trolley idiom
- psychopath
- schizo
- screwy
- trolley
- twist
- unhinged
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mad adjective (SILLY)
B1 UK informal US usually crazy extremely silly or stupid:
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- He described the new regulations as bureaucracy gone mad.
- She must have been barking mad to lend him so much money.
- I think you're (stark) raving mad to agree to do all that extra work without being paid for it.
- You must be mad to go out in this weather.
- I think you're mad to stay with her.
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- slow
- witless
- wrongheaded
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mad adjective (ANGRY)
A2 [ after verb ] informal very angry or annoyed:
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- He followed the famous American dictum, 'Don't get mad, get even'.
- He leaves dirty clothes all over the floor and it's driving me mad.
- He was driving me mad, moping about the house all day.
- It makes me mad when someone jumps the queue .
- His untidiness sends her mad.
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Angry and displeased
- acrimonious
- aggrieved
- amused
- annoyed
- apoplectic
- blistering
- exasperated
- fed up
- fed up to the back teeth idiom
- fit to be tied idiom
- furious
- huff
- incandescent
- incense
- outrage
- peeved
- pique
- pissed off
- rancour
- scalp
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mad adjective (HURRYING)
[ before noun ] UK hurrying or excited and not having time to think or plan:
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Uncontrolled
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- amok
- amuck
- be like feeding time at the zoo idiom
- cut loose idiom
- extravagant
- intemperate
- like mad idiom
- maniacal
- out of hand idiom
- rampant
- raw
- spin
- spiral
- spread like wildfire idiom
- tearaway
- unbridled
- unchecked
- uncontrollable
- wildfire
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mad adjective (ENTHUSIASTIC)
to love someone or something:
to want someone or something very much, or to be very interested in someone or something:
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- delirious
- exhilarated
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- flushed
- flutter
- overheated
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- sniff
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