The difference between Angry and Mad

When used as adjectives, angry means displaying or feeling anger, whereas mad means insane.


Mad is also adverb with the meaning: intensifier.

Mad is also verb with the meaning: to be or become mad.

check bellow for the other definitions of Angry and Mad

  1. Angry as an adjective:

    Displaying or feeling anger.

    Examples:

    "His face became angry."

    "An angry mob started looting the warehouse."

  2. Angry as an adjective (said about a wound or a rash):

    Inflamed and painful.

    Examples:

    "The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm."

  3. Angry as an adjective (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea):

    Dark and stormy, menacing.

    Examples:

    "Angry clouds raced across the sky."

  1. Mad as an adjective:

    Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

    Examples:

    "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."

  2. Mad as an adjective (chiefly, US; UK dated + regional):

    Angry, annoyed.

    Examples:

    "Are you mad at me?"

  3. Mad as an adjective:

    Wildly confused or excited.

    Examples:

    "to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred"

  4. Mad as an adjective:

    Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.

  5. Mad as an adjective (colloquial, usually with ''for'' or ''about''):

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

    Examples:

    "Aren't you just mad for that red dress?"

  6. Mad as an adjective (of animals):

    Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.

    Examples:

    "a mad dog"

  7. Mad as an adjective (slang, chiefly Northeastern US):

    Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.

    Examples:

    "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."

  8. Mad as an adjective (of a compass needle):

    Having impaired polarity.

  1. Mad as an adverb (slang, New England, New York, and, UK, dialect):

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

    Examples:

    "He was driving mad slow."

    "It's mad hot today."

    "He seems mad keen on her."

  1. Mad as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To be or become mad.

  2. Mad as a verb (now, _, colloquial, _, US):

    To madden, to anger, to frustrate.