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6. impractical, injudicious, unsensible; unfounded, groundless, unsound; preposterous, extravagant, excessive; inappropriate, inept, improper, incongruous, inconsistent; imprudent, indiscreet; unwise, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-advised; short-sighted, careless, unwary, irresponsible; reckless, rash, harum-scarum; unsafe, dangerous, perilous.
7. absurd, silly, inane, fatuous, crackbrained, foolish; irrational, wild-eyed, illogical, unreasonable; senseless, nonsensical, pointless; ridiculous, laughable, risible, derisible, ludicrous, Sl. for the birds; asinine, anserine, idiotic, Inf moronic, imbecilic; childish, puerile, immature.
8. stupid, simple-minded, bird-brained, feeble-minded, dull-witted; harebrained, light-minded, light-headed, giddy; wandering, rambling, driveling, incoherent; scatterbrained, absent-minded, confused; muddled, muddlepated, bemused.
9. enthusiastic, excited, avid, eager, zealous; ardent, fervid, fervent, passionate, impassioned; fanatical, Inf. wild, dithyrambic; intense, rabid, vehement.
10. infatuated, moon-struck, possessed; enamored by or with, U.S. Sl. ape over or for, keen on or about, wild about, mad about or after, fond of, Inf. gone on; desirous, covetous, avid for or of; All Sl. all hopped-up about, hepped up or over, hot about or for or on, steamed up about, nuts about or on.
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like mad Slang, ardently, fervently, passionately, intensely, like crazy; devotedly, devoutly; enthusiastically, madly, furiously, excitedly. See - madly (def 1).
madam, n. 1. madame, Inf. ma'am, Mrs., Ms., mistress, dame, lady, Chiefly Scot. goodwife; senhora, signora, senora, Ger. Frau, Dutch, vrouw, Archaic. madonna, (in India) memsahib.
2. bawd, procuress, pander or panderer.
madcap, adj. 1. impulsive, wild, reckless, rash, daring, adventurous; hasty, imprudent, heedless, careless, incautious, foolhardy; foolish, crazy, senseless, impractical.
-n. 2. adventurer, adventuress, daredevil, devil, hothead, fire-eater; prankster, Inf. cutup, joker, clown, merry-andrew, buffoon.
madden, v. 1. derange, dement, unhinge, unbalance; craze, frenzy, distract, make or send [s.o.] mad, drive [s.o.] mad or insane or crazy, Archaic, mad.
2. enrage, infuriate, lash into a fury, whip into a frenzy, make [s.o.'s] blood boil, Inf. make [s.o.] see red; anger, incense, irk, raise [s.o.'s] ire or hackles, get [s.o.'s] back up, Inf. burn [s.o.] up, Sl. tee [s.o.] off, Sl. tick [s.o.] off, Brit. Sl. put [s.o.'s] monkey up; provoke, agitate, inflame, enflame, fire up; exacerbate, acerbate, envenom, embitter.
3. irritate, annoy, vex, pique, get on [s.o.'s] nerves, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate; exasperate, ruffle, roil, try [s.o.'s] patience; bother, pester, harass, hector, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle, Sl. drive [s.o.] nuts or bananas, Sl. drive [s.o.] up the wall; provoke, bait, badger, torment, bedevil, plague.
4. rage, rant, rave, rant and rave, fulminate, roar, bellow; seethe, sizzle, smolder, boil, stew, simmer, fume, stir, Inf. do a slow burn, Inf. steam or steam up, Inf. get all steamed up, Sl. work oneself into a lather or sweat or stew.
maddening, adj. 1. aggravating, provoking, irritating, exasperating, disturbing; infuriating, enraging, vexatious, riling, galling; agitating, unsettling, perturbing, discomposing, disturbing, disquieting; upsetting, annoying, troubling, troublesome, nagging, bothersome, Inf. pestiferous.
2. outrageous, excessive, flagrant, notorious, offensive; unrestrained, unmitigated, immoderate.
3. furious, raging, fuming, raving; turbulent, tumultuous, stormy; wild, fierce, violent, ferocious; intense, passionate, vehement.
made, adj. 1. handmade, ready-made.
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