Mad

[mæd]

Definition

(n.) A slattern.

(n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.

(-) p. p. of Made.

(superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.

(superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.

(superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.

(superl.) Extravagant; immoderate.

(superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

(superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.

(superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.

(v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden.

(v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.

(n.) An earthworm.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Insane, crazy, crazed, distracted, lunatic, delirious, out of one's head.[2]. Frantic, furious, enraged, raging, violent.[3]. Angry, exasperated, provoked, incensed, in a passion.

Checker: Mitchell

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Insane, demented, furious, lunatic, infuriated, crazy, maniacal, frantic,rabid, wild, distracted

ANT:Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, unexcited, sober

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Definition

adj. (comp. Mad′der; superl. Mad′dest) disordered in intellect: insane: proceeding from madness rabid: troubled in mind: excited with any violent passion or appetite: furious with anger.—v.t. (Shak.) to drive mad.—adjs. Mad′brain Mad′brained (Shak.) disordered in brain or mind: rash: hot-headed; Mad′-bred (Shak.) bred in madness or heat of passion.—n. Mad′cap a person who acts madly: a wild rash hot-headed person.—adj. fond of wild and reckless action.—v.t. Mad′den to make mad: to enrage.—v.i. to become mad: to act as one mad.—adj. Mad′ding distracted acting madly.—advs. Mad′dingly Mad′ly.—ns. Mad′-doc′tor a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of mad people; Mad′house a house for mad persons: a lunatic asylum; Mad′ling a mad person; Mad′man a man who is mad: a maniac; Mad′ness; Mad′wort a plant believed to cure canine madness.—Go mad to become demented; Like mad madly furiously.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought speech and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that themselves are sane. For illustration this present (and illustrious) lexicographer is no firmer in the faith of his own sanity than is any inmate of any madhouse in the land; yet for aught he knows to the contrary instead of the lofty occupation that seems to him to be engaging his powers he may really be beating his hands against the window bars of an asylum and declaring himself Noah Webster to the innocent delight of many thoughtless spectators.

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