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Definitions for Mad

[1] mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
[2] enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry.
[3] (of animals) abnormally furious; ferocious: a mad bull. affected with rabies; rabid: a mad dog.
[4] extremely foolish or unwise; imprudent; irrational: a mad scheme to invade France.
[5] wildly excited or confused; frantic: mad haste.
[6] overcome by desire, eagerness, enthusiasm, etc.; excessively or uncontrollably fond; infatuated: He's mad about the opera.
[7] wildly lively and merry; enjoyably hilarious: to have a mad time at the Mardi Gras.
[8] (of wind, storms, etc.) furious in violence: A mad gale swept across the channel.
[9] an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell: The last time he had a mad on, it lasted for days.
[10] Archaic . to make mad.
[11] Archaic . to be, become, or act mad.
[12] like mad , Informal . with great haste, impulsiveness, energy, or enthusiasm: She ran like mad to catch the bus.
[13] mad as a hatter , completely insane.
[14] Mutual Assured Destruction.
[15] madam.
[16] mentally deranged; insane
[17] senseless; foolish a mad idea
[18] (often foll by at) informal angry; resentful
[19] (foll by about, on, or over; often postpositive ) wildly enthusiastic (about) or fond (of) mad about football ; football-mad
[20] extremely excited or confused; frantic a mad rush
[21] temporarily overpowered by violent reactions, emotions, etc mad with grief
[22] (of animals) unusually ferocious a mad buffalo afflicted with rabies
[23] like mad informal with great energy, enthusiasm, or haste; wildly
[24] mad as a hatter crazily eccentric
[25] archaic to make or become mad; act or cause to act as if mad
[26] mutual assured destruction: a theory of nuclear deterrence whereby each side in a conflict has the capacity to destroy the other in retaliation for a nuclear attack

Words related to Mad

fantastic, frenzied, delirious, kooky, nutty, demented, frantic, absurd, foolish, psychotic, resentful, livid, agitated, furious, distraught, excited, exasperated, crazy, nuts, aberrant

Words nearby Mad

macy, macáu, macédoine, macías nguema, macías nguema biyogo, mad, mad about, mad as a hatter, mad as a hornet, mad cow disease, mad hatter syndrome

Origin of Mad

before 900; Middle English mad (adj.), madden (intransitive v., derivative of the adj.); Old English gemǣd (e )d, past participle of *gemǣdan to make mad, akin to gemād mad, foolish; cognate with Old Saxon gemēd, Old High German gimeit foolish

Other words from Mad

half-mad , adjective
half-mad·ly , adverb
half-mad·ness , noun
qua·si-mad , adjective
qua·si-mad·ly , adverb
un·mad , adjective
un·mad·ded , adjective

Word origin for Mad

Old English gemǣded, past participle of gemǣdan to render insane; related to gemād insane, and to Old High German gimeit silly, crazy, Old Norse meitha to hurt, damage

Synonyms for Mad

absurd, delirious, demented, fantastic, foolish, frantic, frenzied, kooky, nutty, psychotic, aberrant, bananas, batty, crazed, cuckoo, daft, deranged, distracted, foolhardy, frenetic, illogical, imprudent, invalid, irrational, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mental, non compos mentis, nonsensical, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, preposterous, rabid, raving, senseless, unbalanced, unhinged, unreasonable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, wacky