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
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Angry as an adjective:
Displaying or feeling anger.
Examples:
"His face became angry."
"An angry mob started looting the warehouse."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Mad as an adjective (chiefly, US; UK dated + regional):
Angry, annoyed.
Examples:
"Are you mad at me?"
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Mad as an adjective:
Wildly confused or excited.
Examples:
"to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred"
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Mad as an adjective:
Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
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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?"
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Mad as an adjective (of animals):
Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
Examples:
"a mad dog"
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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."
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Mad as an adjective (of a compass needle):
Having impaired polarity.
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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."
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Mad as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To be or become mad.
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Mad as a verb (now, _, colloquial, _, US):
To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
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