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[ mad-nis ] / ˈmæd nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR madness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state of being mad; insanity. senseless folly: It is sheer madness to speak as you do. frenzy; rage. intense excitement or enthusiasm. Origin of madnessFirst recorded in 1350–1400, madness is from the Middle English word madnesse.See mad, -ness OTHER WORDS FROM madnesspre·mad·ness, nounWords nearby madnessmadly, Madlyn, madm., madman, mad money, madness, Madonna, Madonna and Child, Madonna lily, madras, madrasah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for madnessTrying to fine-tune all that to a desired end is not only a form of madness but doomed to failure. How Naive is Elizabeth Warren?|Nick Gillespie|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the events provoking this madness are absolutely current. Kobani is Falling to ISIS in Syria. Kurd Protests Explode in Turkey.|Jamie Dettmer|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST The madness officially begins tomorrow: a week of fashion, partying, and celebrities on the front row. Who to See and Where to be Seen: The Hot Tips for New York Fashion Week|Barbara Ragghianti|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it tells a story that is indispensible to anyone trying to understand the madness that swept Detroit in July of 1967. The 10 Best Books About the Motor City|Bill Morris|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It seems that, despite the madness of the past few weeks, James had made this “decision” some time ago. The Decision 2: LeBron James Trolls the World… Again|Marlow Stern|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST How often are they branded with this epithet of madness and folly? The Anatomy of Melancholy|Democritus Junior One of them was half naked and savage, with the light of madness in his eyes. The Fifth-Dimension Tube|William Fitzgerald Jenkins But I could not persuade them; for the madness of desperate men was quite too hard for me. The Life of Flavius Josephus|Flavius Josephus The key-note to her character is in this novel she grabbed as she hastily packed her bag—‘The Madness of May.’ The Madness of May|Meredith Nicholson That minute was, indeed, enough for madness to do its full work in. Varney the Vampire|Thomas Preskett Prest
British Dictionary definitions for madness
nouninsanity; lunacy extreme anger, excitement, or foolishness a nontechnical word for rabies Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with madness
see method in one's madness. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to madnesscraziness, lunacy, delusion, foolishness, mental illness, stupidity, mania, absurdity, hysteria, psychopathy, phobia, aberration, neurosis, unbalance, derangement, delirium, dementia, irrationality, fanaticism, psychosis Medical definitions for madness
n.The quality or condition of being insane. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |