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mad
adjective (ENTHUSIASTIC) /mæd/ (madder or maddest)Definition
be mad about sb/sth B1 informal › to love someone or something: He's the first real boyfriend she's had and she's mad about him. He's mad about football.Excited, interested and enthusiastic be mad for sb/sth UK informal › to want someone or something very much, or to be very interested in them: Everyone's mad for him and I just don't see the attraction.Excited, interested and enthusiastic
(Definition of mad adjective (ENTHUSIASTIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -mad suffix
- aflame adjective
- aflutter adjective
- agog adjective
- all of a flutter idiom
- animated adjective (ENERGETIC)
- anxious adjective (EAGER)
- elated adjective
- engrossed adjective
- enthusiastic adjective
- entranced adjective
- evangelical adjective (OPINIONS)
- fevered adjective (EXCITED)
- go-ahead adjective
- intoxicated adjective
- keyed up adjective
- kid noun (CHILD)
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noises idiom
- zealous adjective
- zestful adjective
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