mad

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. crazy, insane; rabid; frantic, foolish, turbulent; informal, angry. See insanity, resentment. Ant., sane.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Insane]

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

2. [Angry]

Syn. irate, enraged, exasperated; see angry .

3. [Distraught]

Syn. distracted, frenetic, badly upset; see frantic .

4. [Afflicted with rabies]

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

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. insane crazy, psychotic, psychopathic, schizophrenic, *nuts, deranged, demented, *out of one's mind, unstable, unbalanced, *loony, *off one's rocker, *mental, *wacky, foolish, harebrained. see insanity

2. angry enraged, furious, infuriated, incensed, irate, peeved, irritated, annoyed, vexed, *ticked, enflamed, *pissed, livid, *gone ballistic. see angry

ANT.: 1. sane, rational, stable, of sound mind. 2. pleased, delighted, happy

IV

(Roget's 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.