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mad
adjective as in extremely irrational or agitated
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aberrant, bananas, batty, crazed, cuckoo, daft, frenetic, loony, lunatic, non compos mentis, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, raving, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, unstable
adjective as in extremely foolish or risky
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adjective as in angry
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enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, livid, raging, resentful, seeing red, wrathful
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Example Sentences
No foreign power would be foolish enough to challenge this new world order, or “the killers” and “mad dog” generals he pledged to put in charge of the American military.
“It maybe made it a little easier to watch because I couldn’t get mad at any of the players,” Morales said with a laugh.
When I first saw the scene in “To Kill a Mockingbird” in which Atticus shoots a mad dog, I could only hope my own father would be able to do the same.
People laugh, people cry, people get happy, people get mad.
Obstacles are set up only to be overcome in a stroke of mad luck or outlandish kindness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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