Synonyms for mad

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  1. Insane

    crazy, demented, deranged, psychotic; see insane 1.

  2. Angry

    irate, enraged, exasperated; see angry.

  3. Distraught

    distracted, frenetic, badly upset; see frantic.

  4. Afflicted with rabies

    frenzied, raging, foaming at the mouth; see rabid 3.

See mad in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


adjective
  1. Feeling or showing anger:

    angry, choleric, indignant. (Informal) sore. Idiom: hot under the collar. See feelings
  2. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

    brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. (Informal) bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. (Slang) bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. (Chiefly British) crackers. (Law) non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane
  3. So senseless as to be laughable:

    absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. (Informal) cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. (Slang) balmy2, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ability, knowledge
  4. Showing or having enthusiasm:

    ardent, enthusiastic, fervent, keen1, rabid, warm, zealous. (Informal) crazy. (Slang) gung ho, nuts. See concern
  5. Marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation:

    delirious, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, wild. (Archaic) madding. See calm

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