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mad en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæːd/ (Australia, Southern-England)
• măd
• /ˈmæd/
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛə̯d/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
• /ˈmaːd/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂-éye-tider. Proto-Germanic *maidijanąder. Old English *mǣdan Old English ġemǣdan, ġemǣded Middle English mad English mad From 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”)).

Meanings

1. (UK) Insane; crazy; mentally deranged.
   • Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left! 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
   • He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.
   • You want to spend a thousand pounds on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?
   • Sometimes, I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter; and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is method in his madness. 1920 October, Agatha Christie, “The Arrest”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.; London: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 218:
   • I have heard my grandsire say full oft, / Extremity of griefs would make men mad. c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
2. (US, in UK and Ireland, informal) Angry; annoyed.
   • And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 26:11:
   • She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • Are you mad at me?
3. (US, in the negative, informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
   • Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it.
   • I'm not mad at this little house, though. 2019, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, season 13, episode 3:
   • But I mean, once the flow was there, nobody was mad at it. 2019, “'Thank U' Text: Ariana Grande's Collaborators Break Down The Artist's Latest Album”, in NPR:
4. (Ireland, UK, informal) Bizarre; incredible.
   • It's mad that I got that job back a day after being fired.
5. Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
6. Wildly confused or excited.
   • […] at all, just a vast space of desert out in the saltlands of Nevada. It's serious dressing up, the maddest entertainment, craziest art, and at the end there's the burning of a huge effigy, stuffed with pyrotechnics 287. 2010 May 27, Judy Astley, Blowing It: a brilliantly funny, mad-cap novel guaranteed to make you laugh from bestselling author Judy Astley, Random House, →ISBN, page 287:
   • My brother, quiet as a cat, seems perfectly contented with the internal feelings of his felicity. The Marquis, mad as a kitten, is all in motion to express it, from tongue to heel. 1787, R. Bage, The Fair Syrian, page 314:
   • to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
   • It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 1:88:
7. (colloquial, qualifier:on or about, usually, with for) 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.
   • Glenereegan is to be sold to the highest bidder to-day.[…]I'm tould - It's Pether Byrne that dhrives Bianconi's car that tould me - that a smalpeen of a Dublin attorney is mad for it. 1883 January 6, Nugent Robinson, Ave Maria - Volume 9 - Father Tom: A Story of Connemara, page 3:
   • She's mad on the baking these days.
8. (of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
   • a mad dog
9. (New-York, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, 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.
10. (of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.

Forms

Synonyms

upset · ill-natured · crackers · over the edge · whacky · up on one's ear · mentally ill · p'd off · batty · cuckoo · wicked · nutty · screwfaced · annoyed · meshugge · enraged · wroth · ripshit · pissed · wode · crazy as a cootie bug · weird · livid · off the beam · psychotic · barmy · irritated · mad · steaming · hatstand · batshit · doolally · zany · hot · ready to be tied · ireful · nuts · cracked · dotty · waxy · helluv · cra-cra · raging · splenetic · boiling mad · barking mad · batcrap · crazy as a pet coon · loopy · pissy · crazy · loco · mental · hella · batchy · screwy · meshigener · hopping mad · unsane · lunatic · blood-boiling · sicko · mad · infuriated · apoplectic · butthurt · wackadoodle · bananas · frustrated · crazy as a bedbug · gaga · wrathful · non compos mentis · spitting chips · bad-tempered · apeshit · irate · whackjob · buggish · squirrelly · kooky · fruit loops · unbalanced · psycho · nut job · mad as a bear with a sore head · off the chain · demented · cranky · bughouse · cheesed off · yampy · furious · bread baskets · bats · buggy · kinda · pissed off · choleric · zowerswopped · barking · loony tunes · ired · deranged · mighty · nutballs · fucked in the head · starkers · offended · little mad · nutso · nutter · moonsick · berserk · whacko · nerts · cray-cray · psychoceramic · crazy as a cootie · batpoop · insane · wode · fuming · nucking futs · big mad · incensed · loon · loony · bat-shit · tonto · nut · vexed · miffed · cross · seething · potty · daffy · glimflashy · eccentric · agitated · grim · disturbed · fury · harebrained · 5150 · cray · pathetic · furibund · sore · fit to be tied · bonkers · nonsane · crazed · daft · angry · fucked up · distraught

Translations (204)

io fola (insane) · vo lienetik (insane) · uk розсерджений (angry) · la īrātus (angry) · ru невменя́емый (insane) · ps لېونی (wanting intensely) · th บ้า (insane) · ast chifláu (insane) · lou brouyé (angry) · uk збожеволілий (insane) · hi उन्मद (insane) · no gal (insane) · no olm (angry) · kmr bêhiş (insane) · lt pamišęs (insane) · el μανιακός (insane) · ur پاگل (insane) · fr en colère (angry) · vi cuồng (insane) · ast embravecíu (angry) · fo óður (angry) · id gusar (angry) · uk розлючений (angry) · pt irado (angry) · da gal (insane) · ms gila (insane) · uk божевільний (insane) · da vild med (wanting intensely) · kix vāivâi (insane) · el παράφρονας (insane) · lou fashé (angry) · nl kwaad (angry) · lt išprotėjęs (insane) · de wahnsinnig (insane) · ka გიჟი (insane) · grc μανικός (insane) · br fuloret (angry) · ru бе́шеный (insane) · el τρελός (insane) · pdt doll (angry) · ota قیزغین (angry) · nl gek (insane) · de böse (angry) · ckb شێت (insane) · la delirus (insane) · tr deli (insane) · ast focicón (angry) · ja 狂しい (insane) · lou fou (insane) · grc ὀργίλος (angry) · pt maluco (insane) · no sint (angry) · sq marrë (insane) · de verrückt (insane) · uk злий (angry) · ckb تورە (angry) · ka სულიერად ავადმყოფი (insane) · ka შეშლილი (insane) · lt beprotis (insane) · ast encabronáu (angry) · kmr dîn (insane) · da helt oppe og køre (wanting intensely) · sk bláznivý (insane) · ru душевнобольно́й (insane) · fr fou (insane) · nl boos (angry) · tr kuduruk (insane) · ast gafu (angry) · de geisteskrank (insane) · pdt errsennich (insane) · el λυσσασμένος (wanting intensely) · it pazzo (insane) · ast alloriáu (insane) · alt тели (insane) · el μανιακός (wanting intensely) · ast rabiáu (angry) · fi mieletön (insane) · ast enfocicáu (angry) · hi बावरा (insane) · yue 癡線 /痴线 (insane) · gd às a chiall (insane) · ast enfoscáu (angry) · ota مجنون (insane) · tr fıttırık (insane) · lt nenormalus (insane) · ko 미치다 (insane) · gv meecheeallagh (insane) · sv galen (insane) · br foll (insane) · da skør (insane) · nl zot (insane) · ang ierre (angry) · gd às a ciall (insane) · el φρενοβλαβής (insane) · cs šílený (insane) · yue 癲 /癫 (insane) · gl tolo (insane) · pt nervoso (angry) · de toll (insane) · unm manunksi (angry) · da gal (angry) · da sindssyg (insane) · az gic (insane) · ckb تۆراو (angry) · fa دیوانه (insane) · ast engafáu (angry) · pt bravo (angry) · de sauer (angry) · ru безу́мный (insane) · la dēmēns (insane) · az dəli (insane) · ja 頭がおかしい (insane) · ckb عادز (angry) · ps لېویى (angry) · da vanvittig (insane) · is ær (insane) · da vild efter (wanting intensely) · ast llocu (wanting intensely) · fo ørur (insane) · he מְטֹרָף (insane) · pjt rama (insane) · hi पागल (insane) · mk луд (insane) · fi hullu (insane) · it matto (insane) · sh lȗd (insane) · el τρελός (angry) · az məcnun (insane) · la vēcors (insane) · vi điên (insane) · lou kolær (angry) · ja 気が狂った (insane) · eo freneza (insane) · jv edan (insane) · br sot (insane) · uk розгніваний (angry) · fr fâché (angry) · sc maccu (insane) · fi vihainen (angry) · ota دلی (insane) · ar مَجْنُون (insane) · br kounnaret (angry) · lv vājprātīgs (insane) · th วิกลจริต (insane) · hu őrült (insane) · el εξοργισμένος (angry) · cmn 瘋狂 /疯狂 (insane) · bg сърди́т (angry) · eo kolera (angry) · eo ravita (wanting intensely) · it folle (insane) · ota آزغین (angry) · ka შეურაცხადი (insane) · fo svakur (insane) · as বলিয়া (insane) · ca boig (insane) · sc iscassiadu (insane) · tr kaçık (insane) · la īnsānus (insane) · az divanə (insane) · ru сумасше́дший (insane) · mfe fou (insane) · hi विक्षिप्त (insane) · et hull (insane) · nay wurangi (insane) · el έξαλλος (angry) · ast enoxáu (angry) · no sprø (insane) · ang wōd (insane) · lv traks (insane) · hy գիժ (insane) · pt doido (insane) · lou kolè (angry) · br fumet (angry) · ast allunáu (insane) · oc baug (insane) · as পগলা (insane) · it insano (insane) · ko 미친 (insane) · id edan (insane) · ko 화나다 (angry) · ast enfurruñáu (angry) · hi बावला (insane) · ast llocu (insane) · tr beç (insane) · tr üşütük (insane) · he מְשֻׁגָּע (insane) · id gila (insane) · pt louco (insane) · ps لېونی (insane) · de irre (insane) · liv ul (insane) · ast cabreáu (angry) · pl szalony (insane) · sv vansinnig (insane) · da vred (angry) · bg луд (insane) · izh vihain (angry) · no sinna (angry) · lv ārprātīgs (insane) · nl waanzinnig (insane) · sh лу̑д (insane) · cmn 瘋 /疯 (insane) · hy խենթ (insane)

mad en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæːd/ (Australia, Southern-England)
• măd
• /ˈmæd/
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛə̯d/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
• /ˈmaːd/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂-éye-tider. Proto-Germanic *maidijanąder. Old English *mǣdan Old English ġemǣdan, ġemǣded Middle English mad English mad From 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”)).

Meanings

1. (Ireland, New-York, UK, dialectal, not-comparable, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
   • It's mad hot today.
   • He seems mad keen on her.
   • He was driving mad slow.

Deriveds

Mad King George (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madwoman (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madhead (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad scientist (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad lad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · boiling mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a brush (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · as mad as a cut snake (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad-on (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · like hey-go-mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · all over the place like a mad woman's custard (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · like mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madbrained (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad honey (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · barking mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad minute (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · unmad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad science (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · get glad in the same pants one got mad in (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madness (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as hops (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madman (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madhouse (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a cut snake (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · stark raving mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad itch (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · horn-mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad hatter syndrome (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · maddle (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · maddish (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad professor (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a hatter (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as cut snakes (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad cow disease (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad-dog (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · spitting mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madstone (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad cow (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madbrain (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · stark staring mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madden (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madling (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mald (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madly (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madperson (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad dog (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · hoes mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · Mad Max (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad money (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · drive someone mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · bemad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · rip-snorting mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad man (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad props (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad enough to chew nails (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a wet hen (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · flaming mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · Mad River (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a bear with a sore head (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madcap (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad for it (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad-cap (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad-dog skullcap (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a hornet (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madsome (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · raging mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · get glad in the same britches one got mad in (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad hatter (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a meat axe (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · hopping mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad with it (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad queen chess (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · malding (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madding (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · little mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad hatter disease (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad dogs and Englishmen (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · run mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a March hare (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · Mad Lib (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad-apple (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad apple (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · madwort (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad on (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a box of frogs (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · semimad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a mongoose (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · Madchester (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad as a fish (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · mad-doctor (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech)) · big mad (Terms derived from mad (all parts of speech))

Synonyms

hella (slang: Intensifier; very) · wicked · helluv

mad en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæːd/ (Australia, Southern-England)
• măd
• /ˈmæd/
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛə̯d/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
• /ˈmaːd/ (Northumbria)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂-éye-tider. Proto-Germanic *maidijanąder. Old English *mǣdan Old English ġemǣdan, ġemǣded Middle English mad Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English madden English mad Inherited from Middle English madden. Compare Old English ġemǣdan.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become mad.
   • The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding. 1832, [Washington Irving], “The Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra, or the Page and the Ger-Falcon”, in The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey & [Isaac] Lea, →OCLC, page 131:
2. (Jamaica, US, colloquial) To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
   • He that mads others, if he were so humoured, would be as mad himself, as much grieved and tormented […]. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection iv:
   • Carolina! Whine your body gyal! Make Dem know say you have it fi mad dem 1993 March 22, “Oh Carolina”, in Pure Pleasure, performed by Shaggy (musician):
   • This musick mads me, let it sound no more. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene 5]:

Forms