"madder" in the noun sense
1. madder, Rubia tinctorum
Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
"madder" in the verb sense
1. madder
color a moderate to strong red
"madder" in the adjective sense
1. huffy, mad, sore
roused to anger
"stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain
"she gets mad when you wake her up so early"
"mad at his friend"
"sore over a remark"
2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
affected with madness or insanity
"a man who had gone mad"
3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
"a crowd of delirious baseball fans"
"something frantic in their gaiety"
"a mad whirl of pleasure"
4. harebrained, insane, mad
very foolish
"harebrained ideas"
"took insane risks behind the wheel"
"a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
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