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madness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'madness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Madness [ a.]
- The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
- Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.

Meaning of 'madness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . madness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being rash and foolish
Example in sentence:
  • adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness;
  • trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
Meaning (2):
- a feeling of intense anger
Example in sentence:
  • hell hath no fury like a woman scorned;
  • his face turned red with rage
Meaning (3):
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
Example in sentence:
  • poetry is a sort of divine madness

Nearby Words:

mad mad-apple mad-headed madam madame madams madbrain madbrained madcap madded

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