Meaning & Definition of Madness in English
English⟶
Madness
/mædnəs/
noun
1. Obsolete terms for legal insanity
synonym:
- lunacy,
- madness,
- insaneness
2. 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
synonym:
- rabies,
- hydrophobia,
- lyssa,
- madness
3. A feeling of intense anger
- "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
- "His face turned red with rage"
synonym:
- fury,
- rage,
- madness
4. 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"
synonym:
- folly,
- foolishness,
- craziness,
- madness
5. Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
- "Poetry is a sort of divine madness"
synonym:
- madness,
- rabidity,
- rabidness
Examples of using
And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit; for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
This is madness.