mad
Insane; crazy; mentally derangedInsane; crazy; mentally deranged.
» Your wife is mad at you.
Deine Frau ist mit dir böse.
Твоя жена на тебя сердится.
Твоя дружина на тебе сердита.
Ваша дружина на вас сердита.
Meaning
10 senses(UK)Insane; crazy; mentally deranged.
You want to spend a thousand pounds on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?
He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.
wahnsinnig, verrückt, toll
сумасше́дшийsumasšédšij, безу́мныйbezúmnyj, бе́шеныйbéšenyj
божевільнийboževilʹnyj, збожеволілийzboževolilyj
(US, informal)Angry; annoyed.
Are you mad at me?
sauer, böse
злийzlyj, розгніванийrozhnivanyj, розсердженийrozserdženyj
(US, informal)Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it.
(Ireland, UK, informal)Bizarre; incredible.
It's mad that I got that job back a day after being fired.
Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
very foolish
Wildly confused or excited.
to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
(colloquial, usually)Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
Aren't you just mad for that red dress?
My wife is soccer-mad.
Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
a mad dog
(New York, slang)Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much, excellent or many.
I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets. Their lead guitarist has mad skills. There are always mad girls at those parties.
Having impaired polarity.
Examples
1894 sentencesYour wife is mad at you.
Твоя дружина на тебе сердита.
ruТвоя жена на тебя сердится.
deDeine Frau ist mit dir böse.
Are you still mad at me?
Ти все ще на мене сердишся?
ruТы всё ещё на меня злишься?
deBist du mir noch böse?
I'm really mad at you guys.
Я дуже на вас сердитий, хлопці.
ruЯ очень зол на вас, парни.
I'm mad at both of you.
Я сердитий на вас обох.
ruЯ зол на вас обоих.
deIch bin auf euch beide wütend.
Tom is still mad at Mary.
Том все ще злий на Мері.
ruТом всё ещё зол на Мэри.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣd, ġemǣded (“enraged”), pFrom Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣd, ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change; damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), literary German gemeit (“mad, insane”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs, “crippled”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"; compare Old Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”), Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)).
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Forms
madder, maddestSynonyms
163 synonyms- roused to anger:huffysore
- very foolish:harebrainedinsane
- marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion:deliriousexcitedfranticunrestrained
- affected with madness or insanity:brainsickcrazydementeddisturbedsickunbalancedunhinged
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- be mad at
- get mad
- got mad at
- will be mad
- be mad if
- would be mad
- still mad at
- still mad
- raving raving mad
- not mad at
- to be mad
- will get mad