Crossword answer · 6 letters
Got mad definition and meaning
got mad · verb phrase
GOTMAD
What does Got mad mean?
Got mad means became angry; in some contexts mad can have a different, older sense of losing reason.
What does GOTMAD mean in a crossword?
GOTMAD answers the reviewed clue “Started to boil.” The past tense and figurative use of “boil” point to becoming angry rather than beginning to heat.
Why is GOTMAD useful to learn?
“She got mad at the delay” concerns anger. The phrase reports a change of state, rather than saying that the person had always been angry.
Common clue patterns
- Became angry
- Lost one's temper
- Started to feel furious
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
GOTMAD omits a space and is past tense. GETS MAD is a different form. Figurative boiling in an anger clue is not a literal rise to a liquid's boiling point.