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English noun: madness

1. madness (state) obsolete terms for legal insanity


Synonymsinsaneness, lunacy


Broader (hypernym)insanity

2. madness (state) 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


Synonymshydrophobia, lyssa, rabies


Broader (hypernym)zoonosis, zoonotic disease

3. madness (feeling) a feeling of intense anger


SamplesHell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
His face turned red with rage.


Synonymsfury, rage


Broader (hypernym)anger, choler, ire


Narrower (hyponym)lividity, wrath

4. madness (cognition) the quality of being rash and foolish


SamplesTrying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly.
Adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness.


Synonymscraziness, folly, foolishness


Broader (hypernym)stupidity

5. madness (attribute) unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm


SamplesPoetry is a sort of divine madness.


Synonymsrabidity, rabidness


Broader (hypernym)ebullience, enthusiasm, exuberance









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