Madness

  • 51madness — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, abandon, aberration, abnormality, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alienation, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 52madness — Attributed to a demonic power seizing possession of a personality, notably of Saul (1 Sam. 16:14–17), whose ‘evil spirit from the Lord’ may have been a form of manic depression. Young David was his therapist, and music the instrument of calm. In… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 53madness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mental illness, derangement, aberration, delusion; see insanity 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. insanity, craziness, psychosis, lunacy, schizophrenia, dementia, derangement, mental illness, *nuttiness, mania, delusion… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 54madness — See mental illness …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 55madness — mad·ness || mædnɪs n. craziness, insanity; nonsense, foolishness; rage, anger; excitement …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 56madness — n. 1. Insanity, derangement, craziness, lunacy, distraction, mental aberration, mania. 2. Frenzy, fury, rage, delirium, franticness …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 57madness — n 1. insanity, insaneness, lunacy, derangement, Psychiatry. dementia, dementedness; distraction, disorientation, unbalance, unsoundness; unsound mind, diseased mind; craziness, Sl. kookiness, Inf. nuttiness, daftness, brainsickness; All Sl.… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 58madness — mad·ness …

    English syllables

  • 59madness — mad•ness [[t]ˈmæd nɪs[/t]] n. 1) the state of being mad; insanity 2) senseless folly 3) frenzy; rage 4) intense excitement or hilarity • Etymology: 1350–1400 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 60madness — /ˈmædnəs/ (say madnuhs) noun 1. the state of being mad; insanity. 2. → rabies. 3. senseless folly. 4. frenzy; rage …

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