Synonyms for mad
mædmad

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1. madadjective

   Synonyms:
   wickedAdverb, helluv, hella, kinda, helluvEtymology 2

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1. mad

   Synonyms:
   insane, demented, furious, lunatic, infuriated, crazy, maniacal, frantic, rabid, wild, distracted

   Antonyms:
   sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, unexcited, sober

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1. huffy, mad, soreadjective

   roused to anger

   "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

   Synonyms:
   thin-skinned, huffy, unhinged, delirious, raw, sick, disturbed, feisty, insane, harebrained, unbalanced, brainsick, demented, tender, excited, afflictive, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sore, sensitive, painful, touchy

   Antonyms:
   sane, unangry(p), wise, tame

2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhingedadjective

   affected with madness or insanity

   "a man who had gone mad"

   Synonyms:
   harebrained, insane, nauseous, wan, disgusted, gaga, sore, imbalanced, macabre, brainsick, pallid, sick of(p), sick, grisly, disquieted, half-baked, maladjusted, unbalanced, unhinged, disturbed, softheaded, gruesome, dotty, unrestrained, grim, sickish, worried, excited, nauseated, sick(p), fed up(p), wild, pale, upset, delirious, demented, screwball, crazy, ghastly, huffy, ill, queasy, distressed, frantic, tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   sane, tame, unangry(p), wise

3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrainedadjective

   marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

   "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

   Synonyms:
   aroused, huffy, unbalanced, unhinged, delirious, excited, sick, disturbed, hallucinating, emotional, insane, harebrained, frenetic, brainsick, phrenetic, activated, demented, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sore, worked up, frenzied

   Antonyms:
   unangry(p), sane, wise, tame

4. harebrained, insane, madadjective

   very foolish

   "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"

   Synonyms:
   insane, unhinged, sick, disturbed, excited, demented, harebrained, crazy, unrestrained, delirious, brainsick, huffy, unbalanced, sore, frantic

   Antonyms:
   wise, tame, unangry(p), sane

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1. indignent

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. madadjective

   Synonyms:
   insane, crazy, crazed, distracted, lunatic, delirious, out of one's head

2. madadjective

   Synonyms:
   frantic, furious, enraged, raging, violent

3. madadjective

   Synonyms:
   angry, exasperated, provoked, incensed, in a passion

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1. madadjective

   Synonyms:
   crazy, insane, demented, maniacal, raving, indignant, enraged, irate, resentful, rabid, distracted, wild, infatuated, angry

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1. List of paraphrases for "mad":

   crazy, angry, insane, upset, pissed, furious, madman, loca, nuts, hatter, fool, beef, irate, cow, anger, enraged, fou, livid, cows, rabid, psycho

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1. Jane Coaston:

   We've been mad about things forever because being mad -- it's an irreplaceable resource. We will never stop being mad about things, but I think that it's time to recognize like sometimes when people are mad on the internet, you need to identify who is mad, do they vote, do they have power, do they have the power to vote on things that could change these real lived experiences of communities of color. And if they don't, you're just kind of like ‘ meh. ’.

2. Jack Kerouac, "On the Road":

   The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.

3. Robertson Davies:

   Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

4. Robertson Davies:

   Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog fewer when pursued by a mad woman only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

5. Jack Kerouac:

   The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.