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Definition of Mad

Mad

  1. A slattern.
  2. The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
  3. p. p. of Made.
  4. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
  5. 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.
  6. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
  7. Extravagant; immoderate.
  8. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
  9. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
  10. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
  11. To make mad or furious; to madden.
  12. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
  13. An earthworm.

Mad Quotations

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
Will Smith

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Mahatma Gandhi

I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad.
Eminem

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
William Shakespeare
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Mad Translations

mad in Afrikaans is mal
mad in Dutch is dolzinnig, dol, gek, krankzinnig
mad in Finnish is hullu
mad in Italian is arrabbiato, cattivo, pazzo, pazzo
mad in Latin is demens
mad in Norwegian is rasende, gal
mad in Portuguese is louco
mad in Spanish is enojado, furibundo, demente, chiflado
mad in Swedish is tokig, vansinnig, vansinne, galen

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