madness
the state of being mad; insanity.
senseless folly: It is sheer madness to speak as you do.
frenzy; rage.
intense excitement or enthusiasm.
Origin of madness
1Other words from madness
- pre·mad·ness, noun
Words Nearby madness
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How to use madness in a sentence
I sent him a checking-in text 2 weeks ago, just to see how he was doing in all the madness.
NBA reporter Sekou Smith, who died of covid at 48, is remembered for his kindness | Cindy Boren | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostTrying to assign it a logical route may be the real act of madness.
Adrienne Kennedy’s new play, ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ is utterly unique | Peter Marks | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostThey barricaded the door, turned off the lights, and hid under a table—in silence—for two and a half hours and listened to the madness outside.
Instead they gathered their loved ones to celebrate surviving the madness and say good riddance to a year full of constant struggle.
Happy New Year! See How Celebs Said A (Welcome) Goodbye To 2020 | cmurray | January 1, 2021 | Essence.comThe specific algorithm powering the madness came from a 2019 research paper that allows a user to animate a photo of one person’s face with a video of someone else’s.
Trying to fine-tune all that to a desired end is not only a form of madness but doomed to failure.
But the events provoking this madness are absolutely current.
Kobani is Falling to ISIS in Syria. Kurd Protests Explode in Turkey. | Jamie Dettmer | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo in the vein of March madness, here are my picks for the Final Four of the 2014 GOP championship of crazy.
How Long Can the Republicans Hide The Crazy? | Dean Obeidallah | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the U.S. does nothing, the Arab world will continue its slide into sectarian bigotry, political repression, and madness.
To Beat ISIS, the Arab World Must Promote Political and Religious Reforms | Rula Jebreal | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe madness officially begins tomorrow: a week of fashion, partying, and celebrities on the front row.
Who to See and Where to be Seen: The Hot Tips for New York Fashion Week | Barbara Ragghianti | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey joined in bands of youths and maidens and whirled down the Avenue in Bacchic madness.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe hotel-keepers thought I was the American tourist overtaken by that final madness they had always anticipated.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonCards, however, I regard as a passing madness; it merely means that even yet we have not enough to do.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonBut Jack was at that day a reckless fellow, and he lived to be passionately sorry for his splenetic madness.
The Chequers | James RuncimanEven her father's well-known madness for things of art could scarcely atone to his child for this indignity.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for madness
/ (ˈmædnɪs) /
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with madness
see method in one's madness.
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