How do you sign “Mad” in ASL?
MAD: MAD in American Sign Language (ASL) expresses strong anger. The video and GIF below demonstrate the sign.


What does MAD mean in ASL?
MAD reports frustrations: traffic, missed buses, a game that would not go your way. Emotion signs demand matching faces, and an unconvincing MAD is a classroom classic; the sign without the scowl reads as a joke. Storytellers use it to give characters heat.
It arrives in Lesson 92, the emotions lesson of Book 3.
📖 MAD is taught in Lesson 92 of ASLI 3: Telling Stories — Book 3 of the 216-Day Challenge →

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