mad

CEFRA2

/ˈmæd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very angry, or mentally ill.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Angry, annoyed.

Examples

  • For a moment there, I thought he had gone mad.

  • He was still mad about the accident despite his wife's conciliatory words.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.

  2. Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

  3. Wildly confused or excited.

More examples

In context

  • You must be mad to risk it.

  • 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?

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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”)).