Mad /(?)/

Mad

p. p.
  1. p. p. of Made. obs.

Mad

a.
  1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
    I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad.
  2. 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.
    It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
    — Jer. 1. 88.
    And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
    — Acts xxvi. 11.
  3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
    Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
    — Franklin.
    The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled.
    — Jowett (Thucyd.).
  4. Extravagant; immoderate.
  5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
  6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]
  7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.]

Phrases & Compounds
Like mad
like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. — L'Estrange
To run mad
To become wild with excitement
To run mad after
to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire.

Mad

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding

  1. To make mad or furious; to madden.
    Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me.

Mad

v. i.
  1. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic]
    Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest.
    — Wyclif (Acts).

Mad

n.
  1. An earthworm. (Zool.)