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[ mad-woom-uhn ] / ˈmædˌwʊm ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR madwoman ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural mad·wom·en.a woman who is or behaves as if insane. Origin of madwoman1400–50; late Middle English. See mad, woman Words nearby madwomanMadurai, Madurella, Madurese, maduro, maduromycosis, madwoman, madwort, madzoon, mae, Maeander, Maebashi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for madwomanRemember when “the madwoman in the attic” was more than just a metaphor for the female imagination? Six Fictional Marriages that Have Gone Very, Very Wrong|Jean Hanff Korelitz|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Remember when it signified an actual ... “madwoman”, in an actual ... “attic”? Six Fictional Marriages that Have Gone Very, Very Wrong|Jean Hanff Korelitz|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But why do voters in the sixth district of Minnesota want to be represented by a madwoman? The GOP's Worst Medicine|Eric Alterman|April 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST I strode up and down the room, and felt inclined to send her away by force as a madwoman. The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
These were evidently the men on horseback whom the madwoman had seen. The Tremendous Event|Maurice Leblanc I loved him, I have loved him distractedly, like a madwoman, for the last six months.' Original Short Stories, Volume 11 (of 13)|Guy de Maupassant He had used the word to arrest her attention, which was wandering almost as the attention of a madwoman wanders. The Woman With The Fan|Robert Hichens Pepys condemns Nell Gwynn as unbearable in serious parts, but considers her beyond imitation as a madwoman. Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
British Dictionary definitions for madwoman
noun plural -womena woman who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic 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 Words related to madwomanfool, kook, crazy, oddball, lunatic, maniac, eccentric, nut, madman, screwball, flake, loony, weirdo, wacko, neurotic, dement, fruitcake, non compos, nutter, cuckoo |