Mad — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

roused to anger; - Mark Twain

affected with madness or insanity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈæd/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈad/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈad/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈæd/.

Examples

stayed huffy a good while
she gets mad when you wake her up so early
mad at his friend

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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

Parts of Speech

adjective	roused to anger; - Mark Twain “stayed huffy a good while”
adjective	affected with madness or insanity “a man who had gone mad”
adjective	marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion “a crowd of delirious baseball fans”
adjective	very foolish “harebrained ideas”

Word Forms

huff	noun	a state of irritation or annoyance
huffiness	noun	a passing state of anger and resentment
madness	noun	a feeling of intense anger
soreness	noun	an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
craze	noun	state of violent mental agitation
craziness	noun	informal terms for insanity
dementedness	noun	mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
sick	noun	people who are sick
delirium	noun	state of violent mental agitation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verrückt

zum Zorn erregt; - Mark Twain

🇫🇷French

fou

excité à la colère; -Mark Twain

🇪🇸Spanish

enojado

despertado a la ira; - Mark Twain

🇮🇹Italian

pazzo

irritato; -Mark Twain

🇳🇱Dutch

boos

tot woede gewekt; -Mark Twain

🇵🇹Portuguese

louco

despertado em raiva; -Mark Twain

🇷🇺Russian

безумный

разозлился; - Марк Твен

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पागल

क्रोधित होना; - मार्क ट्वेन

🇧🇩Bengali

পাগল

raused to anger; -মার্ক টোয়েন

🇮🇳Tamil

பைத்தியம்

கோபம் தூண்டப்பட்டது; - மார்க் ட்வைன்

🇮🇳Telugu

పిచ్చి

కోపంతో రెచ్చిపోయాడు; - మార్క్ ట్వైన్

🇮🇳Marathi

वेडा

रागावणे; - मार्क ट्वेन

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાગલ

ગુસ્સા માટે ઉત્તેજિત; - માર્ક ટ્વેઈન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹುಚ್ಚು

ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಎದ್ದ; - ಮಾರ್ಕ್ ಟ್ವೈನ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭ്രാന്തൻ

കോപിച്ചു; - മാർക്ക് ട്വെയിൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਗਲ

ਗੁੱਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ; - ਮਾਰਕ ਟਵੇਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

پاگل

غصے میں ابھرنا؛ - مارک ٹوین

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疯狂的

勃然大怒； ——马克·吐温

🇯🇵Japanese

狂った

怒りを引き起こした。 - マーク・トウェイン

🇰🇷Korean

미친

분노를 일으켰다. - 마크 트웨인

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điên rồ

nổi giận; - Mark Twain

🇹🇭Thai

โกรธ

โกรธเคือง; - มาร์ค ทเวน

🇮🇩Indonesian

gila

terangsang oleh kemarahan; - Mark Twain

🇵🇭Filipino

baliw

napukaw sa galit; - Mark Twain

🇲🇾Malay

gila

terangsang untuk marah; - Mark Twain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مجنون

مثار للغضب؛ - مارك توين

🇮🇷Persian

دیوانه

برانگیخته به خشم؛ - مارک تواین

🇹🇷Turkish

kızgın

öfkeye kapıldı; -Mark Twain

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְטוּרָף

מתעורר לכעס; - מארק טווין

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