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mad I. adjectiv
1. nebun, alienat, dement, smintit, scrântit;
raving mad nebun furios;
mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter nebun de legat, completamente nebun;
like mad ca nebunul;
(fam.) to be a bit mad a fi puţin ţicnit; a-i lipsi o doagă, a avea o păsărică;
to drive smb. mad a înnebuni pe cineva; a face pe cineva să-şi piardă capul;
to go / to run mad a înnebuni; a se sminti.
2. (fig.) nebun, înnebunit; furios, întărâtat; turbat;
mad with pain nebun / înnebunit de durere;
it makes him mad only to see them îl apucă furia / nebunia numai când îi vede, turbează numai când îi vede.
3. nebunesc, necugetat, de nebun;
a mad plan un plan nebunesc;
what a mad thing to do! ce nebunie! cum poate face cineva o prostie atât de mare?
4. (despre animale) turbat;
a mad dog un câine turbat.
5. (fig.) nebun, în al nouălea cer; exuberant.
6. mad after / about / for / on nebun după, pasionat de, care se dă în vânt după; însetat de;
he is mad about her e îndrăgostit de ea nebuneşte / ca un nebun;
mad for revenge însetat de răzbunare.
7. mad with (amer.) supărat pe;
to be mad with smb. a fi furios pe cineva.
mad II. verb A. tranzitiv
1. (rar) a scoate din minţi, a înnebuni.
2. (amer. fam.) a înfuria.
mad II. verb B. intr. (rar)
1. a-şi ieşi din fire, a-şi pierde minţile.
2. a proceda nebuneşte.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
When he slid in through the window, though it was shut, and did not even knock, I got mad with him.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
It was the wolf in him that I saw, and a mad wolf at that.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
“Why do you bring division between these two mad creatures?” she returned.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
My sister thinks that I am going mad.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then there was Hollis. The man was mad.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“The man, of course, was mad.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
'Walawa,' thought I, 'mad master, sober man'—so away forward to the archers.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Are you mad, my friend?” said he.
(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“You are mad, Mr. Holmes—you are mad!” she cried, at last.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He made a mad day of it, and was at his best.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)