mad vs sound

mad

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

adj
  • Bizarre; incredible. 

  • Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent. 

  • Having impaired polarity. 

  • Wildly confused or excited. 

  • Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many. 

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

  • Insane; crazy, mentally deranged. 

  • Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval. 

  • Angry, annoyed. 

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

verb
  • To madden, to anger, to frustrate. 

sound

adv
  • Soundly. 

noun
  • Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard. 

  • A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra, &. 

  • A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. 

  • A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde. 

  • A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound. 

  • Noise without meaning; empty noise. 

  • A vibration capable of causing such sensations. 

  • A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. 

  • The air bladder of a fish. 

adj
  • Heavy; laid on with force. 

  • Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective. 

  • Complete, solid, or secure. 

  • Having the property of soundness. 

  • Healthy. 

  • Quiet and deep. 

  • Good; acceptable; decent. 

verb
  • To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. 

  • Dive downwards, used of a whale. 

  • To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. 

  • Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. 

  • To convey an impression by one's sound. 

  • To cause to produce a sound. 

  • To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy. 

  • To produce a sound. 

intj
  • Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm. 

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