mad
Speech parts
1. mad - Noun
2. mad - Adjective
3. mad - Verb
4. mad - Adverb
6. mad - Adjective Satellite
7. Mad - Proper noun
Meaning
A slattern.
The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
p. p. of Made.
Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
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.
Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
Extravagant; immoderate.
Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
To make mad or furious; to madden.
To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
An earthworm.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
The world is going mad in mutual extermination, and murder, considered as a crime when committed individually, becomes a virtue when it is committed by large numbers. It is the multiplication of the frenzy that assures impunity to the assassins.
Tell the blind he is eyeless, and he will get mad at you.
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
There are more chains than mad dogs.