Angry vs. Mad

Angry vs. Mad — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Angry and Mad

Angryadjective

Displaying or feeling anger.

His face became angry.An angry mob started looting the warehouse.

Madadjective

Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.

Angryadjective

(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.

The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

Madadjective

Angry, annoyed.

Are you mad at me?

Angryadjective

Dark and stormy, menacing.

Angry clouds raced across the sky.

Madadjective

Wildly confused or excited.

to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
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Angryadjective

feeling or showing anger;

angry at the weatherangry customersan angry silencesending angry letters to the papers

Madadjective

Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.

Angryadjective

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;

angry clouds on the horizonfurious windsthe raging sea

Madadjective

Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.

Aren't you just mad for that red dress?

Angryadjective

severely inflamed and painful;

an angry sore

Madadjective

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

a mad dog
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Madadjective

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.

Madadjective

(of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.

Madadverb

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

He was driving mad slow.It's mad hot today.He seems mad keen on her.

Madverb

To be or become mad.

Madverb

To madden, to anger, to frustrate.

Madadjective

roused to anger;

stayed huffy a good whileshe gets mad when you wake her up so earlymad at his friendsore over a remark

Madadjective

affected with madness or insanity;

a man who had gone mad

Madadjective

marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;

a crowd of delirious baseball fanssomething frantic in their gaietya mad whirl of pleasure

Madadjective

very foolish;

harebrained ideastook insane risks behind the wheela completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains