mad

mad
adj.
1 (esp. BrE) not sane ⇨ See also ↑crazy
VERBS
be, look, seem
go

He went mad and spent the rest of his life locked up in a mental hospital.

The world had gone completely mad.

drive sb

His experiences in the First World War drove him mad.

The children are driving me mad!

consider sb, think sb

Her colleagues thought her quite mad.

pronounce sb
ADVERB
absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly
barking (BrE), raving, stark raving (all informal)

What a barking mad idea!

You must be stark raving mad to risk your money like that!

almost
a little, slightly, etc.
half
PREPOSITION
with

I went mad with joy and danced a little jig.

2 (informal, esp. AmE) angry
VERBS
be, feel, look
get

I get so mad when people don't take me seriously.

make sb

It makes me really mad when people waste food.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
hopping
absolutely
PREPOSITION
at, with

Please don't be mad with me!

Mad is used with these nouns: ↑dash, ↑dog, ↑eye, ↑frenzy, ↑genius, ↑idea, ↑panic, ↑professor, ↑rush, ↑scientist, ↑scramble, ↑whirl, ↑world

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