meaning of mad
1. p. p. of Made.
2. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
3. 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.
4. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
5. Extravagant; immoderate.
6. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp. , having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
7. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
8. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
9. To make mad or furious; to madden.
10. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
11. An earthworm.
12. A slattern.
13. The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
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