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very angry. This word cannot come before a noun with this meaning: He got mad and walked out. ♦ She's mad at me for being late.

furious extremely angry: She was furious with me when she found out. ♦ He was furious at her behavior. ♦ I had a furious argument with my mother last night. annoyed a little angry: She's annoyed at/with herself for making such a stupid mistake. ♦ I was annoyed to see that they had left the door open. ♦ Why are you getting annoyed ? 2 ( health ) sick in your mind a mad scientist

—SYNONYM crazy

be mad about someone or something

( informal )

to like someone or something very much Marsha is mad about computer games. He's mad about her. drive someone mad

to make someone very angry This noise is driving me mad !

like mad ( informal )

very hard, fast, much, etc. I had to run like mad to catch the bus.

mad • am / ' шж!эш / noun [ singular ]

( formal ) a polite way of speaking to a woman "Can I help you, madam?" asked the salesclerk.

—Look at ma'am .

Madam ( English language arts ) a word that you use at the beginning of a formal letter to a woman

Dear Madam...

—Look at sir .

made

form of make 1

mad • ly / ' mredli / adverb

in a wild way

They were rushing around madly.

( informal ) very much

Richard and Vanessa are madly in love .

mad • ness / ' mredms / noun [ noncount ]

being sick in your mind; mental illness

stupid behavior that could be dangerous

It would be madness to take a boat out in this terrible weather.

mag .a .zine Ф / ' mжgэzin ; |mжgэ ' zin /

[count]

a kind of thin book with a paper cover that you can buy every week or every month. It has a lot of different stories and pictures inside.

mag . ic Ф / 'тжс^к/ noun [ noncount ]

a special power that can make strange or impossible things happen

He suddenly appeared as if by magic .

tricks that someone can do to entertain people ► mag • ic adjective

magic tricks

mag • i • cal / ' m®d3ikl / adjective

1 seeming to have special powers a herb with magical powers to cure disease

2 ( informal ) wonderful and exciting We spent a magical week in San Francisco.

ma • gi • cian / шэ ' d3ijn / noun [ count ]

a person who does tricks to entertain people

a man in stories who has strange, unusual powers

mag • is • trate / ' mжdзэstreIt / noun [ count ]

a judge in a court of law who decides how to punish people for small crimes

mag • ne • si • um / шжд ^!эш / noun

[ noncount ] ( symbol Mg )

( chemistry ) a metal that is silver in color and burns with a bright white light

mag • net / ' mregmt / noun

[count]

( physics ) a piece of metal that can make other metal things move toward it

mag • net • ic / шжд' netik /

adjective

( physics ) having the ability to attract metal objects Is this metal magnetic?

mag • net • ism / ' mжgnэtIZэm / noun

[noncount]

( physics ) the power of some metals that makes other objects move toward or away from them

mag • nif • i • cent / m®g' nIfэsэnt /

very good or beautiful

The library is a magnificent building.

mag • ni • fy / ' mжgnэfaI / verb ( mag • ni • fies , mag ni fy • ing , mag • ni fied , has mag • ni • fied )

to make something look bigger than it really is We magnified the insect under a microscope.

mag • ni • fy • ing glass / wgmfang /

noun [ count 1 • I

(plural magnifying glass

mag ni fy ing glass • es )