mad (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: huffy , sore ]

  2. affected with madness or insanity; a man who had gone mad

    [ Syn: brainsick , crazy , demented , disturbed , sick , unbalanced , unhinged ]

  3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; a crowd of delirious baseball fans; something frantic in their gaiety; a mad whirl of pleasure

    [ Syn: delirious , excited , frantic , unrestrained ]

  4. very foolish; harebrained ideas; took insane risks behind the wheel; a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains

    [ Syn: harebrained , insane ]

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