madness
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madness
- /ˈmad.nəs/ UK
- /ˈmæd.nəs/ US
- /ˈmæd.nɪs/ US
- /ˈmɛd.nɘs/ New Zealand
Rhymes with (US) -ædnəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad + -ness.
noun madnesses
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The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […]
Similar: bedlamism, brainsickness, craze, craziness, derangement, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, lune, madness, mental disorder, mental illness
- The state of being angry.
- Rash folly.
Opposite: sanity
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: insaneness, lunacy, fury, rage, hydrophobia, rabies, insane, insanity, craze, crazy, mania, mad, craziness, madman, lunatic, deranged
noun
Opposite: sanity
Translations
Every language
noun insanity
| Español | locura |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 광기 gwanggi |
| 日本語 | 狂気 kyōki |
| 中文 | 狂 kuáng, 瘋病 /疯病 fēngbìng, 精神錯亂 /精神错乱 jīngshéncuòluàn |
| हिन्दी | पागलपन pāgalpan |
| Português | loucura, insanidade, maluquice, malucagem, vesânia, doidice |
| Français | folie |
| Deutsch | Wahnsinn, Verrücktheit |
| Italiano | pazzia, follia |
| Ελληνικά | παραφροσύνη parafrosýni, τρέλα tréla |
| Română | nebunie |
| Русский | безу́мие bezúmije, сумасше́ствие sumasšéstvije, помеша́тельство pomešátelʹstvo, безу́мство bezúmstvo |
| العربية | جُنُون junūn |
| עברית | שִׁגָּעוֹן shiga'ón, טֵרוּף terúf |
noun rash folly
| 中文 | 蠢事 chǔnshì |
|---|---|
| Português | loucura |
| Русский | помеша́тельство pomešátelʹstvo |
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