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madness
[ mad-nis ]
noun
- the state of being mad; insanity.
- senseless folly:
It is sheer madness to speak as you do.
- frenzy; rage.
- intense excitement or enthusiasm.
madness
/ ˈmædnɪs /
noun
- insanity; lunacy
- extreme anger, excitement, or foolishness
- a nontechnical word for rabies
Other Word Forms
- pre·madness noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see method in one's madness .Example Sentences
Olly Murs says scrutiny of his physique is "disappointing" and "absolutely madness" after pictures of his body before and after a fitness regime prompted a flood of reactions online and in the media.
“I always tell people: I don’t have to worry about anything because he’s got it…. There’s a method to his madness, and so I do trust it.”
After nearly 100 days of Trump in office the options left to stifle our descent into madness and monarchy are dwindling to just that.
Some of the more recent protests suggest that civilians, driven to the edge of madness by a year and a half of Israeli bombardment, are losing their fear of Hamas.
Nowadays, Thewlis’ return to something approximating our old-fashioned picture of Holmes reminds us of sensibility’s valiance in a world given to absurdity and madness.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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