English Dictionary

mad

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmæd/

形容詞

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Insane; crazy, mentally deranged. / (chiefly US; informal in UK) Angry, annoyed. / (chiefly in the negative, informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.

日本語の意味

狂っている、頭がおかしい、正気でない / 怒っている、憤慨している / （否定形で用いられる場合）非常に良い、素晴らしいという意味を強調する用法

The mad scientist locked himself in the lab for days.

その狂った科学者は何日も研究室に閉じこもった。

意味（1）

Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?

意味（2）

(chiefly US; informal in UK) Angry, annoyed.

And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities.

意味（3）

(chiefly in the negative, informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.

Wow, you really made this pie from scratch? I'm not mad at it.

意味（4）

(UK, informal) Bizarre; incredible.

It's mad that I got that job back a day after being fired.

意味（5）

Wildly confused or excited.

to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred

意味（6）

Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.

意味（7）

(colloquial, usually with for or about) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.

Aren't you just mad for that red dress?

意味（8）

(of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.

a mad dog

意味（9）

(slang, chiefly Northeastern US) Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.

I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets. Their lead guitarist has mad skills. There are always mad girls at those parties.

意味（10）

(of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.

madder （ comparative ）

maddest （ superlative ）