Definitions for madnessˈmæd nɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mad•nessˈmæd nɪs(n.)
the state of being mad; insanity.
senseless folly.
frenzy; rage.
intense excitement or hilarity.
Origin of madness:
1350–1400
Princeton's WordNet
lunacy, madness, insaneness(noun)
obsolete terms for legal insanity
rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness(noun)
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
fury, rage, madness(noun)
a feeling of intense anger
"hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
folly, foolishness, craziness, madness(noun)
the quality of being rash and foolish
"trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
madness, rabidity, rabidness(noun)
unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
"poetry is a sort of divine madness"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
madness(noun)ˈmæd nɪs
a situation that seems to make no sense
the madness that followed the explosion; It's madness to pay all that money.
Wiktionary
madness(Noun)
The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
madness(Noun)
rash folly
Webster Dictionary
Madness(adj)
the condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy
Madness(adj)
frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly
Translations for madness
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- malligheidAfrikaans

- جُنونArabic

- лудостBulgarian

- loucuraPortuguese (BR)

- šílenstvíCzech

- der WahnsinnGerman

- sindssygeDanish

- τρέλαGreek

- locuraSpanish

- hullusEstonian

- جنونFarsi

- hulluusFinnish

- folieFrench

- טֵירוּףHebrew

- क्रोध, पागलपन, दीवानापन, उत्तेजनाHindi

- ludilo, mahnitostCroatian

- őrület, őrültségHungarian

- kegilaanIndonesian

- brjálæðiIcelandic

- pazziaItalian

- 狂気Japanese

- 미침, 광기Korean

- beprotybė, siutasLithuanian

- ārprāts, trakums; dusmasLatvian

- kegilaanMalay

- krankzinnigheidDutch

- galskap, sinnssykdomNorwegian

- szaleństwoPolish

- جنونPersian

- جنونPashto

- loucuraPortuguese

- nebunieRomanian

- сумасшествиеRussian

- šialenstvoSlovak

- norostSlovenian

- ludiloSerbian

- vansinne, galenskapSwedish

- ความวิกลจริตThai

- delilik,çılgınlıkTurkish

- 瘋狂Chinese (Trad.)

- безумство; несамовитістьUkrainian

- دیوانہ پنUrdu

- sự điên khùngVietnamese

- 疯狂Chinese (Simp.)

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