See mad in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Feeling or showing anger:
angry, choleric, indignant. (Informal) sore. Idiom: hot under the collar. See feelingsAfflicted 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 saneSo 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, knowledgeShowing or having enthusiasm:
ardent, enthusiastic, fervent, keen1, rabid, warm, zealous. (Informal) crazy. (Slang) gung ho, nuts. See concernMarked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation:
delirious, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, wild. (Archaic) madding. See calm
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