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I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
Kate Beckinsale

Meaning of "madness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MADNESS

madness  [ˈmædnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MADNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Madness 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 MADNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of madness in the English dictionary

The definition of madness in the dictionary is insanity; lunacy. Other definition of madness is extreme anger, excitement, or foolishness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MADNESS


awkwardness
ˈɔːkwədnɪs
badness
ˈbædnɪs
baldness
ˈbɔːldnɪs
blindness
ˈblaɪndnɪs
boldness
ˈbəʊldnɪs
fondness
ˈfɒndnɪs
gladness
ˈɡlædnɪs
goodness
ˈɡʊdnɪs
hardness
ˈhɑːdnɪs
indebtedness
ɪnˈdɛtɪdnɪs
kindness
ˈkaɪndnɪs
loudness
ˈlaʊdnɪs
mindedness
ˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
preparedness
prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs
redness
ˈrɛdnɪs
sadness
ˈsædnɪs
soundness
ˈsaʊndnɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
weirdness
ˈwɪədnɪs
wickedness
ˈwɪkɪdnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MADNESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MADNESS

blandness
boundedness
business
centeredness
coldness
color blindness
conceitedness
connectedness
frowardness
giftedness
grandness
light-headedness
nakedness
narrow-mindedness
night blindness
oddness
relatedness
rootedness
straightforwardness
stupidness
unkindness

Synonyms and antonyms of madness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MADNESS»

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

Translation of «madness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MADNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

疯狂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

locura
570 millions of speakers

English

madness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पागलपन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جُنُونٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сумасшествие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

loucura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উন্মাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

folie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kegilaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahnsinn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

狂気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신 이상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Madness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự điên rồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பைத்தியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेडेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

delilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pazzia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szaleństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

божевілля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nebunie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρέλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waansin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

galenskap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

galskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of madness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MADNESS»

The term «madness» is very widely used and occupies the 9.176 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MADNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «madness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «madness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «MADNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word madness.
1
Anacharsis
The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.
2
Dario Argento
The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I'm afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what's there, to embrace it. I don't know why, but I'm drawn.
3
Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
4
Frank Auerbach
It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.
5
J. G. Ballard
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
6
Ishmael Beah
We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.
7
Kate Beckinsale
I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
8
Manolo Blahnik
About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
9
Nellie Bly
What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe, eat; the human form is there, but that something, which the body can live without, but which cannot exist without the body, was missing.
10
Hermann Broch
The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MADNESS»

Discover the use of madness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to madness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Madness: a Memoir
Winner of the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2014 nonfiction prize. Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards 2013 nonficiton prize. Madness is a real world for the many thousands of people who are right now living within it.
Kate Richards, 2013
2
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American ...
Reefer Madness is a powerful investigation that illuminates the shadow economy and the culture that casts that shadow.
Eric Schlosser, 2004
3
Tales of Ordinary Madness
In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time . . . a madman, a recluse, a lover . . . tender, vicious . . . never the same . . . these are exceptional stories that come pounding out of his violent and depraved life . . . horrible and holy, ...
Charles Bukowski, 2013
4
Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature
In this ground breaking and controversial work Richard Bentall shatters the myths that surround madness. He shows there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness.
Richard P Bentall, 2003
5
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age ...
This text is a classic of French post-structuralist scholarship and is widely recommended on humanities courses across a variety of disciplines.
Michel Foucault, 2001
6
Madness: A Bipolar Life
At age twenty-four, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type I rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disorder. In Madness, in her trademark wry and utterly self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story.
Marya Hornbacher, 2009
7
Madness: An American History of Mental Illness and Its Treatment
"This book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors are labeled mad; why they are labeled mad in one historical period and not another; why the label of mad is ...
Mary de Young, 2010
8
What is Madness?
In this landmark work Darian Leader undermines common conceptions of madness. Through case studies like the apparently 'normal' Harold Shipman, he shows that madness rarely conforms to standard models.
Darian Leader, 2011
9
Writing and Madness: (literature/philosophy/psychoanalysis)
This is the author's most influential work of literary theory and criticism in which she explores the relations between literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis.
Shoshana Felman, 2003
10
Madness: a brief history
A fascinating history of "madness" offers readers a sweeping history of mental illness and its treatment, from holes drilled in five-thousand-year-old skulls to the latest in modern psychotropic drugs.
Roy Porter, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MADNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term madness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Royals catcher Salvador Perez is a big fan of Empanada Madness
Empanada Madness is at 906 Southwest Blvd. | File ... his friend as he ate a forkful of yellow rice at Empanada Madness on Monday afternoon. «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
2
NCAA tweaks March Madness seeding for more flexibility - USA Today
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The committee that puts together the field of 68 for the NCAA men's basketball tournament will have more flexibility to ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
Ohio Marijuana Monopoly Madness: ResponsibleOhio And Its Foes …
Ohio may about to legalize marijuana, but not the way other states have done it. A constitutional amendment that would go before voters in ... «The Weed Blog, Jul 15»
4
Free Association: Movie Madness bracket - Sportsnet.ca
The Movie Madness Field. 1. Ray Allen in He Got Game. 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane! 3. Michael Jordan in Space Jam. 4. LeBron ... «Sportsnet.ca, Jul 15»
5
Deluge of tourists : Madness in Murree, again - The Express Tribune
The Rawalpindi City Traffic Police on Monday advised tourists to avoid visiting Murree for a few days due to the unprecedented rush of ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Second Cup: Moon Madness - Tallahassee News | ABC 27 WTXL …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- Monday marks the 46th anniversary of the first ever moon landing. Neil Armstrong took the first ever steps on the ... «WTXL ABC 27, Jul 15»
7
Increasingly, madness has taken over politics and government …
To the Editor: To what precipice of madness have we come to allow tacit approval of yet another brutal, authoritarian nation into the deadliest ... «Athens NEWS, Jul 15»
8
a megalomaniac president or the madness of Isis - The Independent
Egypt is following the path of so many other countries that are being torn apart. If you torture your people enough, Isis will germinate in their ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
The Week In Game: Zombie Bikini Madness - Kotaku
The Week In Game: Zombie Bikini Madness. Do you like zombies? Bikinis? Fountains of blood? Have you completely no shame? Then have I ... «Kotaku, Jul 15»
10
WI centenary 'madness' brightens up the village - Littlehampton …
Jenny Blake, from Angmering Green WI, described it as 'Angmering WI madness', bringing a host of colour to the area outside Angmering ... «Littlehampton Gazette, Jul 15»

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