make+mad
1whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad — Cf. Trag. Graec. Fragm. Adesp. 296 (Nauck) ὅταν γὰρ ὀργὴ δαιμόνων βλάπτῃ τινά, τοῦτ᾿ αὐτὸ πρῶτον, ἐξαφαιρεῖται φρενῶν τὸν νοῦν τὸν ἐσθλόν, when divine anger ruins a man, it first takes away his good sense; L. quos Deus vultperdere, prius dementat …
2mad — /mad/, adj., madder, maddest, n., v., madded, madding. adj. 1. mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented. 2. enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry. 3. (of animals) a. abnormally furious; ferocious: a mad bull. b. affected with… …
3mad — [mad] adj. madder, maddest [ME madd, aphetic < OE gemæd, pp. of (ge)mædan, to make mad, akin to Goth gamaiths, crippled, OS gimēd, foolish < IE * mait < base * mai , to hew, cut off > Goth maitan, to hew, Gr mitylos, dehorned] 1.… …
4Mad — Mad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Madded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Madding}.] To make mad or furious; to madden. [1913 Webster] Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
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7mad — [[t]mæd[/t]] adj. mad•der, mad•dest, 1) psi mentally disturbed; deranged 2) greatly provoked or irritated; enraged 3) affected with rabies; rabid: a mad dog[/ex] 4) extremely foolish or illogical; imprudent or irrational: a mad scheme[/ex] 5)… …
8mad — Synonyms and related words: Dionysiac, a transient madness, abandoned, abnormal, absurd, accident prone, acrimonious, affronted, amok, anarchic, anger, angered, angriness, angry, apish, ardent, ardently, asinine, avid, bacchic, balmy, bananas,… …
9mad — adjective (madder, maddest) 1》 mentally ill; insane. ↘extremely foolish or ill advised. ↘(of a dog) rabid. 2》 informal frenzied; frantic. 3》 informal very enthusiastic about something: [in combination] he s football mad. 4》 informal very… …
10mad — see don’t get mad, get even whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad …
