Mad meaning

What does “mad” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“mad” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: roused to anger.

mad

adjective

  1. roused to anger

    “stayed huffy a good while”

    “she gets mad when you wake her up so early”

    Synonymshuffysore
  2. affected with madness or insanity

    “a man who had gone mad”

  3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

    “a crowd of delirious baseball fans”

    “something frantic in their gaiety”

  4. very foolish

    “harebrained ideas”

    “took insane risks behind the wheel”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University