The difference between Hella and Mad

When used as adverbs, hella means to a large extent, whereas mad means intensifier.


Hella is also interjection with the meaning: for sure.

Hella is also determiner with the meaning: much or many.

Hella is also pronoun with the meaning: a lot.

Hella is also contraction with the meaning: hell have.

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

Mad is also adjective with the meaning: insane.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hella and Mad

  1. Hella as a pronoun (slang, chiefly Northern California):

    A lot; or, a hell of a lot.

    Examples:

    "We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine."

  1. Hella as an adverb (slang, chiefly Northern California):

    to a large extent; totally; very much.

    Examples:

    "I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track."

    "Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it."

    "Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot."

  2. Hella as an adverb (slang, chiefly, US):

    to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.

    Examples:

    "I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial."

    "I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young."

  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.

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