Ape and Mad

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Ape verb - To use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior.

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Mad and ape are semantically related In some cases you can use "Mad" instead an adjective "Ape".

Mad adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.

Usage example: the man who thinks he's been turned into a bug is clearly mad

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Ape and mad are semantically related in angry topic. Sometimes you can use "Ape" instead an adjective "Mad".

Nearby Words: madness, madly

Also mad, as in angry, is referred to as going Librarian (pun on 'going ape', as he's an orang-utan).

Source: Person as Verb
And if that's not enough, the butler is mad at Shaggy, a hillbilly girl is looking to get with him, her brother is trying to shoot him, there's an escaped circus ape that's big and blue running about, an angry bear as well and a incompetent sheriff out to catch the ape.

Source: Western Animation / Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
Everything's Better with Dinosaurs: "The Arctic Giant." Everything's Better with Monkeys: The giant ape from "Terror on the Midway." Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The mad scientist from the first short is known by everyone in Metropolis as... the mad scientist.

Source: Western Animation / Superman Theatrical Cartoons

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