mad

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (British-Isles) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
2. (US, informal) Angry, annoyed.
3. (informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
4. (Ireland, UK, informal) Bizarre; incredible.
5. Wildly confused or excited.
6. Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
7. (colloquial, usually) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
8. Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
9. (New-York, slang) Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.
10. Having impaired polarity.

Adv

Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become mad.
2. (Jamaica, US, colloquial) To madden, to anger, to frustrate.

Concepten

gek

krankzinnig

waanzinnig

boos

dolzinnig

kwaad

😠

dol

stapel

hondsdol

razend

uitzinnig

zot

getikt

gram

vergramd

lelijk

met opgestoken zeilen

op hoge poten

verbolgen

😠

verstoord

vertoornd

gebelgd

😠

onredelijk

onredelijke

onzinnig

onzinnige

irrationale

aberrant

gestoord

boze

gek maken

bah

abnormaal

zinledig

zinloos

zinneloos

mesjogge

irrationeel

irrationele

afwijkend

afdwalend

kwade

belazerd

maf

Synoniemen

crazy

insane

angry

😠

nuts

demented

furious

foolish

wild

lunatic

out of one’s mind

rabid

stupid

deranged

frantic

mentally ill

delirious

irate

frenzied

silly

unhinged

daft

enraged

barmy

loco

loony

disturbed

wacky

eccentric

nutty

reckless

upset

madman

madden

intoxicated

huffy

unbalanced

berserk

sick

🤢

sore

raging

excited

raving

cross

infuriate

crazed

abnormal

psychotic

maniac

madding

maniacal

Vertalingen

loco

fou

verrückt

matto

pazzo

arrabbiato

wahnsinnig

en colère

😠

louco

folle

τρελός

böse

dément

irre

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmæd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mad

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ġemǣdd

Verwant aan Oudengels: gemād

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: gimeit

Verwant aan Duits: gemeit

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃

Verwant aan Oudiers: máel

Verwant aan Old Lithuanian: ap-maitinti

Verwant aan Sanskriet: मेथति

In summary

From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣd, ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change; damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), literary German gemeit (“mad, insane”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs, “crippled”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"; compare Old Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”), Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)).