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Definition of Madness
1. Noun. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
2. 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.
3. Noun. A feeling of intense anger. "His face turned red with rage"
Exact synonyms: Fury, Rage
Generic synonyms: Anger, Choler, Ire
Specialized synonyms: Wrath, Lividity
Derivative terms: Furious, Infuriate, Mad, Rage, Rage
Generic synonyms: Anger, Choler, Ire
Specialized synonyms: Wrath, Lividity
Derivative terms: Furious, Infuriate, Mad, Rage, Rage
4. Noun. The quality of being rash and foolish. "Adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
Exact synonyms: Craziness, Folly, Foolishness
Generic synonyms: Stupidity
Derivative terms: Crazy, Foolish, Mad
Generic synonyms: Stupidity
Derivative terms: Crazy, Foolish, Mad
5. Noun. Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm. "Poetry is a sort of divine madness"
Exact synonyms: Rabidity, Rabidness
Generic synonyms: Ebullience, Enthusiasm, Exuberance
Derivative terms: Mad, Rabid, Rabid
Generic synonyms: Ebullience, Enthusiasm, Exuberance
Derivative terms: Mad, Rabid, Rabid
Definition of Madness
1. n. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
Definition of Madness
1. the state of being mad [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Madness
1. 1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy. 2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. Synonym: Insanity, distraction, derangement, craziness, lunacy, mania, frenzy, franticness, rage, aberration, alienation, monomania. See Insanity. Origin: From Mad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madness
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