horn-mad

adjective

ˈhȯrn-ˈmad How to pronounce horn-mad (audio)
Definition of horn-madnext
as in angry
feeling or showing anger the residents were horn-mad when they found out their housing community had been built on a waste dump site

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn-mad
  1. angry
  2. indignant
  3. mad
  4. furious
  5. ballistic
  6. infuriate
Adjective
  • Hezbollah’s reputation in the country has suffered; many Lebanese, including the militia’s Shiite supporters, are angry at the scale of destruction of a war that many saw as unnecessary.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Yet just a season ago the Galaxy’s main supporters’ groups were boycotting home games, angry over the team’s lack of direction and its dysfunctional front office.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • Lucas was shocked and hurt that his generous offers kept being rebuffed; the people who organized against him were indignant that a billionaire could be so cavalier about their public land.
    Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Asked by The Times in 2011 to compare himself to Kanye West (now known as Ye), Jones seemed indignant.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Bears takeaways Ask Alan Shearer: Live Q&A on Slot's Liverpool, Newcastle, Palmer and much more How Lukas Reichel got his groove back The first CFP rankings deliver surprises: Teams most likely to be elated or furious The Pulse: How do the Chiefs keep doing this?
    New York Times, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the last 24 hours, at least one editor has resigned, and high-profile Post staffers have publicly expressed their dismay as many in the paper’s Opinion section are furious over how the situation was handled.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of furious
Adjective
  • He was dressed in full black and wore a gas mask and ballistic helmet over his face and head in addition to a bullet-resistant vest, leggings, throat protector, groin protector and tactical gloves.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Recently, researchers blew this ballistic mystery wide open.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of ballistic
Adjective
  • The two initiatives appeared to both panic and infuriate Kagame, who viewed them as part of a joint attempt by Tshisekedi and Museveni to sideline him economically and strategically.
    Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
  • These reflections—framed around a third death, which Francine does nothing to avert—will either thrill or infuriate, depending on the reader.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
Definition of infuriate
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