English dictionary
madness
nounPronunciation
ˈmæd.nəs
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
noun
- the quality of being rash and foolish
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
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
noun
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
Example sentences
poetry is a sort of divine madness
trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
his face turned red with rage