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madness

/ˈmæd.nəs/noun2 syllables

Madness means: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.

Synonyms for madness18

noun, as in an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa

noun, as in the quality of being rash and foolish

folly, foolishness, craziness

noun, as in obsolete terms for legal insanity

lunacy, insaneness

noun, as in a feeling of intense anger

fury, rage

noun, as in unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm

rabidity, rabidness

also used for madness

bedlamism, brainsickness, craze, derangement, insanity, lune

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What does madness mean?5

noun

1

an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

2

the quality of being rash and foolish“trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly”

3

obsolete terms for legal insanity

4

a feeling of intense anger“hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”

5

unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm“poetry is a sort of divine madness”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with madness?1

two syllables

sadness
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Madness in a sentence

  • Everything is madness in this world, except pleasure.carlosalberto
  • If this is madness, there is method in it.al_ex_an_der
  • Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.shekitten
  • Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.Scott
  • Madness is repeating the same experience, expecting the results to be different.Eldad
  • This man's wealth is big, but his madness is even bigger.mervert1
  • Pride tends to develop into hubris, which is close kin to madness.Ooneykcall
  • It's the height of madness to say so.unknown

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Forms of madness

as a noun

plural
madnesses