madwoman
a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
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How to use madwoman in a sentence
In everyday life, the saner party has an incentive to bail out of a relationship with a madman or madwoman and deal with someone more reasonable.
It’s Not Irrational to Party Like It’s 1999 - Issue 108: Change | Steven Pinker | November 17, 2021 | NautilusRemember when “the madwoman in the attic” was more than just a metaphor for the female imagination?
Six Fictional Marriages that Have Gone Very, Very Wrong | Jean Hanff Korelitz | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRemember when it signified an actual ... “madwoman”, in an actual ... “attic”?
Six Fictional Marriages that Have Gone Very, Very Wrong | Jean Hanff Korelitz | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut why do voters in the sixth district of Minnesota want to be represented by a madwoman?
I heard you calling for Lora before I met you—speak, tell me if she also is wandering out here like a madwoman, and why?
A Dreadful Temptation | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Then, with her hair streaming down her back, she ran about wailing like a madwoman in front of all the portraits of the General.
The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco IbezHe rose too and leaned against the trunk of a tree, while she stormed and raved like a madwoman for some minutes in front of him.
Name and Fame | Adeline SergeantInside, there was an expanse of yellow pebbles, sulphur-coloured, like those which the madwoman had carried in her bag.
The Tremendous Event | Maurice LeblancWould she come right, kiss, and make friends, and call herself a madwoman—a reckless fool—as she'd often done before?
Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
British Dictionary definitions for madwoman
/ (ˈmædwʊmən) /
a woman who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic
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