big mad
Really very upset
Big mad is intensified anger—not just annoyed but genuinely furious.
The construction follows a pattern in African American Vernacular English where "big" amplifies an emotional state: She found out he lied and now she's big mad.
Often used to describe someone whose anger seems disproportionate or amusing to the observer: Why are you so big mad over a parking spot?
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- seeing redOvercome by fury
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- losing itMental composure collapsing
overreaction · incensed · throwing a fit · theatrics · seething · going off · melodrama · overblown · pressed · hyperbole · exaggeration · angry · extra · exasperation · salty · furious · worked up · playful
big madunbothered
Not disturbed or concerned
chill · calm · unfazed · indifferent · cool as a cucumber
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