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as in angry
feeling or showing anger the constant harassment from telemarketers finally made her good and mad
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as in insane
unable to think in a clear or sensible way the man who thinks he's been turned into a bug is clearly mad
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity a mad rush to finish the shopping before Christmas
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as in stupid
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment her mad decision to quit a good job and run off to the big city with a man she barely knew
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as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now
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as in to anger
to make angry her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers
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Recent Examples of mad
Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 That’s what it’s designed to do — making people mad is a feature of the Hall, not a bug. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026 The Arizona beer scene’s mad scientists have moved brewing operations to Miracle Mile, Phoenix’s long-ago hub undergoing a rebirth. —Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Jeff Goldblum is perfect as the lanky mad scientist doing nude experiments in his warehouse lab, and his wide-eyed transformation into the horny, sugar-hungry man-fly underlines the weird anxieties that Cronenberg always brings to body horror. —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mad
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And if the players are mad all summer, maybe that’s a good thing. —Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 That’s what it’s designed to do — making people mad is a feature of the Hall, not a bug. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026 The Arizona beer scene’s mad scientists have moved brewing operations to Miracle Mile, Phoenix’s long-ago hub undergoing a rebirth. —Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Jeff Goldblum is perfect as the lanky mad scientist doing nude experiments in his warehouse lab, and his wide-eyed transformation into the horny, sugar-hungry man-fly underlines the weird anxieties that Cronenberg always brings to body horror. —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mad
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One of them, Amy, a blond child with limp ponytails and a thin dress that looks like it might have been stained, stands outside a porch door, her fists balled up, mouth open, angry or unhappy or both.— Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
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Adames looked more perturbed than angry, putting his hands on his hips before taking off his helmet and slowly walking to first base.— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Categorizing the plunge pool as TIO for something like a charity scramble or regular public play would be one thing, but to do so in a major championship with a purse of $9 million seems fundamentally wrong and also insane.— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The reception to your performance in the Rusical was insane.— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Emergency crews rushed to the Lincoln Village Apartments Wednesday night after a frantic 911 call reported a child had fallen out a window.— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Mr Cobra opens like a dark, cobwebbed staircase leading into a vast and foreboding space, all frantic flute and piano, creaks, and bone-chilling screeches (not to mention a slutty monologue seemingly communicated via Google Translate).— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
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Doxxing is just a form of stupid bullying, not free speech.— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
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Healey must think ratepayers – who are burdened with some of the highest energy costs in the country – are pretty stupid and simple minded.— Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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When John begins spitting out his food, his mother, Heather (Shirley Henderson), worn down by exhaustion and anger, banishes him from the dinner table—the first in an unceasing series of maternal rejections.— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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And after confusion came anger.— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Apr. 2026
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That this stalemate has dragged on this long has infuriated Levin, who considers keeping the government functioning a basic tenet of Congress’s job.— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
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The gap between what Greg and I did—and, more importantly, thought about—became a gigantic infuriating cavern for me.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
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The case dragged on for years, and the family became enraged when former District Attorney Pamela Price attempted to downgrade the charges against the three men.— John Ramos, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after administering the technical to an enraged Self, referee Doug Sirmons hit KU’s coach with another tech, ostensibly for remaining on the court instead of returning to the coach’s box.— Gary Bedore March 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
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Philip Seymour Hoffman played him on Broadway as a near-psychotic, his philandering very much to blame for the fall of his elder son, Biff.— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Less commonly, some people experience psychotic symptoms, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, paranoia, confusion or emotional distress.— Hollis Karoly, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Mad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/mad. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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