Busy and Mad

Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

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

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Mad

Mad adjective - Feeling or showing anger.

Busy and mad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Mad".

Nearby Words: madness, madly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Averted by Mark Watney, accidentally marooned astronaut in The Martian, who's so busy MacGyvering his way out of starving to death that he hasn't got time to go mad.
  • Webcomic / Narbonic When she has to go up against another newly-gone-mad mad scientist, she warns the rest of the cast that she will be too busy to play nice.
  • Mad Men: After Roger and Joan get mugged in an alley, they get busy immediately after in that same alley.
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