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Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
Georges Bataille

Meaning of "madmen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MADMEN

madmen  [ˈmædmen] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MADMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Madmen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MADMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Madmen

The Madmen are a team of villains in the DC Comics created by Steve Ditko and David Glanzman. The Madmen first appeared in Blue Beetle #3. They were originally owned by Charlton Comics but DC later acquired the rights to the characters.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MADMEN


coachmen
ˈkəʊtʃˌmen
congressmen
ˈkɒŋɡrɪsˌmen
countrymen
ˈkʌntrɪˌmen
craftsmen
ˈkrɑːftsˌmen
dogmen
ˈdɒɡˌmen
doormen
ˈdɔːˌmen
Dutchmen
ˈdʌtʃˌmen
firemen
ˈfaɪəˌmen
headmen
ˈhedmen
henchmen
ˈhentʃmen
hodmen
ˈhɒdmen
roadmen
ˈrəʊdmen
servicemen
ˈsɜːvɪsmen
showmen
ˈʃəʊmen
snowmen
ˈsnəʊmen
sportsmen
ˈspɔːtsmen
tradesmen
ˈtreɪdzmen
upperclassmen
ˌʌpəˈklɑːsmen
watchmen
ˈwɒtʃmen
yachtsmen
ˈjɒtsmen

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MADMEN

madid
madison
Madison Avenue
madling
madly
madman
madness
Madonna
Madonna lily
Madonnaish
Madonnawise
madras
madrasa
madrasah
Madre de Dios
madreporal

WORDS THAT END LIKE MADMEN

admen
badmen
birdmen
coastguardmen
deadmen
freedmen
goodmen
husbandmen
orchardmen
sandmen
woodmen

Synonyms and antonyms of madmen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MADMEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «madmen» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of madmen

Translation of «madmen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MADMEN

Find out the translation of madmen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of madmen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «madmen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疯子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

locos
570 millions of speakers

English

madmen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

madmen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجانين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безумцы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

loucos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাগল মানুষগুলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Madmen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahnsinnige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

狂人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미친
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

uwong edan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kẻ điên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பித்து பிடித்த ஆண்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेडा माणूस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deli adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pazzi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szaleńcy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безумці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nebuni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

madmen
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kranksinniges
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

madmen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

galninger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of madmen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MADMEN»

The term «madmen» is regularly used and occupies the 62.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MADMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about madmen

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5 QUOTES WITH «MADMEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word madmen.
1
Georges Bataille
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
2
Emile M. Cioran
Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.
3
Diogenes
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
4
Thomas Sankara
It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.
5
Thomas Traherne
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MADMEN»

Discover the use of madmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to madmen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Voyage for Madmen
It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop.
Peter Nichols, 2011
2
Madmen: a social history of madhouses, mad-doctors & lunatics
The best-selling popular historian, Roy Porter, looks at the bizarre and savage practices used by doctors for treating those afflicted by manias, ranging from huge doses of opium, blood-letting, and cold water immersion to beatings, ...
Roy Porter, 2004
3
Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers: The Economic ...
Assuming that incentives drive people's decisions, the book matches up three key ingredients—ideas, rules, and incentives—with the characters who make political waves: madmen in authority (such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Margaret ...
Edward López, Wayne Leighton, 2012
4
City of Saints and Madmen
And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he’s made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he’s really from a place called Chicago.… By turns sensuous and terrifying, filled with exotica and ...
Jeff Vandermeer, 2007
5
Madmen and Specialists
An African playwright reveals his thoughts on man's betrayal of his vocation for power in this drama
Wole Soyinka, 1972
6
Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen: The Defense of Reason in ...
In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on ...
Harry G. Frankfurt, 2009
7
Moguls and Madmen
Rock and Roll started as a devil's dance and a shout of ecstasy, and ever since it has carved its path between those who want to control it and those who want to push it to the edge - or over the edge.
Jory Farr, 2001
8
Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema
In Dying Swans and Madmen, Adrienne L. McLean explores the curious pairing of classical and contemporary, art and entertainment, high culture and popular culture to reveal the ambivalent place that this art form occupies in American life.
Adrienne L. McLean, 2008
9
Mods, Minis, and Madmen: A True Tale of Swinging London ...
Mods, Minis, and Madmen© is the tale of a writer and his disciples from the New World arriving in the old, just as the explosion was about to take place.
D. Richard Truman, 2010
10
For Madmen Only
Following several years of alternating suicidal depressions, paranoid delusions, and manic psychosis, he found his voice as a writer and wrote ""For Madmen Only: Adventures of a Writer"" - the picturesque story of his experiences with ...
Evan Scott Schaffer, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MADMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term madmen is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Turkeys enemies at work in the Suruç blast - İlnur Çevik - Daily Sabah
There are several suspects: ISIS madmen, agents of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and even those inside Turkey who want to create ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
2
Troy Ruptash Makes Directorial Debut with SIBLING RIVALRY at …
KKMWJ Productions, are thrilled to announce, TROY RUPTASH (The Real Don Draper' of Madmen), will be making his directorial debut with ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
3
Five Reasons to Attack Iran - Breaking Israel News
However, the private praise for a successful operation will also pour in from every nation that has felt itself threatened by the madmen in ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
4
Saying so long to the "Selfitis" epidemic
So now you will find Selfie Sam and Selfie Sumayyah modeling in their new clothing this Eid, smiling at themselves in the mirror like madmen, ... «MuslimVillage.com, Jul 15»
5
Summer's here so why not explore the wonders of Wales (From …
If you do last the night at the top many suspect those who descend south Snowdonia are either a poet or a madmen by morning. A daunting yet intriguing ... «South Wales Guardian, Jul 15»
6
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Buhari's Salary Cut
The Play is Madmen and the Specialist. It is directed by the highly talented Kenneth Ukphoho. This play promises to be very exciting and I will ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Cronenwett-Selmi-Sword Notch Flat Rock Wins :: PaddockTalk :: F1 …
The "Motor City Madmen" will now run two features next Saturday night, July 25. The race will be a complete re-start. In preliminary action, Greg ... «PaddockTalk, Jul 15»
8
The Artists Behind Pink Floyd's Sound - Newsweek
From anthropomorphic dogs prowling the landscape, to madmen capering on the dark side of the moon, to a rock star going insane behind a ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
9
FRIGHT NIGHT. 1985. REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS.
... tells the protagonist Charley Brewster that the kids of today only want to see 'demented madmen running around stabbing virgins,' or words ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
10
Fitzgerald: Silence is deafening from Muslim community after …
Well, the best friends of Muslim madmen are the everyday Muslims who remain mum while their savage brethren declare their spirituality by ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»

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