mad as a March hare

ADJECTIVE

crazy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insane kooky mad nuts nutty silly wacky

STRONG

ape berserk cuckoo lunatic potty psycho screwball

WEAK

barmy bats in the belfry batty bonkers cracked crazed daft delirious demented deranged dingy dippy erratic flaky flipped flipped-out freaked-out fruity idiotic mad as a hatter maniacal mental moonstruck nutty as fruitcake of unsound mind out of one's mind out of one's tree out to lunch round the bend screw loose screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged unzipped

Antonyms

STRONGEST

balanced calm collected rational reasonable sane sound

WEAK

realistic responsible sensible

Example Sentences

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In the Courier-Journal Colonel Watterson said flatly that Theodore was "as mad as a March hare," suggested that his family ought to lock him up before he did more harm.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The man is mad!" he gasped, "mad as a March hare!"

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

"The man I am sure is as mad as a March hare; let us descend and see if he is any where secreted in the small apartment below."

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

Lafayette was mad as a March hare at their fighting without him.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

"He's mad as a March hare, and says, he axes no odds o' Mat Fabens," added Teezle.

From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg

mad as a March hare

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