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I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.
Claire Danes

Meaning of "madwoman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MADWOMAN

madwoman  [ˈmædwʊmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MADWOMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Madwoman 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 MADWOMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Madman (disambiguation)

Madman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero that appears in comic books published by Image Comics. Madman or Mad Man may also refer to: In film and television: ▪ Madman, an unmade film based on the comic book ▪ Madman, a horror film ▪ Madman Entertainment, an Australian media distributor In songs: ▪ "Madman", an unfinished 1969 song by John Lennon ▪ "Mad Man", a song by Haste the Day ▪ "Mad Man", a song by the Hives from A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T ▪ "Madman", a song by Leoš Janáček from Frogstomp In other uses: ▪ The Mad Man, a novel by Samuel R. Delany ▪ Madman, a Hulk villain In people with the nickname: ▪ Madman Muntz, American businessman and television pitchman ▪ Ray Hedges, record producer nicknamed "Madman"...

Definition of madwoman in the English dictionary

The definition of madwoman in the dictionary is a woman who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MADWOMAN


anchorwoman
ˈæŋkəˌwʊmən
assemblywoman
əˈsemblɪwʊmən
batwoman
ˈbætwʊmən
businesswoman
ˈbɪznɪsˌwʊmən
chairwoman
ˈtʃɛəwʊmən
Congresswoman
ˈkɒŋɡrɛswʊmən
councilwoman
ˈkaʊnsɪlwʊmən
craftswoman
ˈkrɑːftswʊmən
Englishwoman
ˈɪŋɡlɪʃˌwʊmən
everywoman
ˈevrɪˌwʊmən
horsewoman
ˈhɔːsˌwʊmən
needlewoman
ˈniːdəlˌwʊmən
noblewoman
ˈnəʊbəlwʊmən
one-woman
ˌwʌnˈwʊmən
policewoman
pəˈliːswʊmən
spokeswoman
ˈspəʊkswʊmən
superwoman
ˈsuːpəˌwʊmən
tradeswoman
ˈtreɪdzwʊmən
washerwoman
ˈwɒʃəˌwʊmən
woman
ˈwʊmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MADWOMAN

madreporal
madrepore
madreporian
madreporic
madreporite
madreporitic
Madrid
madrigal
madrigalesque
madrigalian
madrigalist
madrone
madtom
Madura
Madurai
Madurese
maduro
madwomen
madwort
madzoon

WORDS THAT END LIKE MADWOMAN

career woman
cleaning woman
committeewoman
countrywoman
doorwoman
firewoman
fisherwoman
Frenchwoman
gentlewoman
kept woman
little woman
newswoman
old woman
roman
saleswoman
sound effects woman
sportswoman
stuntwoman
the little woman
the woman
well-woman

Synonyms and antonyms of madwoman in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «madwoman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MADWOMAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

疯女
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

loca
570 millions of speakers

English

madwoman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दीवाना औरत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجنونة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сумасшедшая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

madwoman
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাগলী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

folle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Madwoman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verrückte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気の狂った女
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바른 정신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Madwoman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn bà điên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

madwoman
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Madwoman
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wariatka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

божевільна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nebună
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

madwoman
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krankzinnige vrou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

madwoman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

madwoman
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of madwoman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MADWOMAN»

The term «madwoman» is regularly used and occupies the 60.859 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MADWOMAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «madwoman» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «madwoman» 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 madwoman

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QUOTES WITH «MADWOMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word madwoman.
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Claire Danes
I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MADWOMAN»

Discover the use of madwoman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to madwoman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the ...
In this work of feminist literary criticism the authors explore the works of many major 19th-century women writers.
Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, 2000
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Gilbert and Gubar's The Madwoman in the Attic after Thirty Years
These essays constitute substantive interventions into established debates and ongoing questions among scholars concerned with defining third-wave feminism, showing that, as a feminist symbol, the raging madwoman still has the power to ...
Annette R. Federico, 2011
3
The Madwoman Can't Speak: Or why Insanity is Not Subversive
She?s out of the attic. In this provocative work, the subversive madwoman so privileged by feminist theorists and critics emerges from her confinement into the world of real social power.
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, 1998
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The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts
A highly imaginative and skillfully constructed fantasy which follows the trials and tribulations of two young social activists as they confront the destructive greed and rampant commercialism that threaten to subvert the Old West of ...
Jean Giraudoux, 1974
5
Meeting the Madwoman: An Inner Challenge for Feminine Spirit
The author discusses the eight different types of "madwoman" energy in order to show readers how to work through potentially destructive energy and transform it in creative ways
Linda Schierse Leonard, 1994
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The Madwoman of Bethlehem
It is 1957, Amal is an inmate of the “Bethlehem Oasis for Troubled Women,” having feigned insanity to avoid being put to death for the murder of her abusive husband.
Rosine Nimeh-Mailloux, 2008
7
The Madwoman in the Academy: 43 Women Boldly Take on the ...
An original and highly subversive critique of the academy by women affiliated with universities and colleges across Canada, The Madwoman in the Academy explores topics familiar to women working in academia around the world: the clash ...
Deborah Schnitzer, Deborah Keahey, 2003
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Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical ...
Taking Jean Giraudoux's play THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT as a starting point, philosopher Nancy Holland draws on the work of Heidegger and Derrida in an effort to find a middle way in ethics between relativism and foundationalism.
Nancy J. Holland, 2006
9
The Letters of a Victorian Madwoman
Andrew Sheffield's letters help us better understand the full range of behavior among women in the Victorian South & the limits of Southern womanhood near the end of the nineteenth century.
John S. Hughes, 1993
10
Baby Doe Tabor
The story of Baby Doe Tabor has seduced America for more than a century.
Judy Nolte Temple, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MADWOMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term madwoman is used in the context of the following news items.
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VOX POPULI: Don't forget to wash behind the ears now that summer …
Yasuda explains that the poem is about a "madwoman" of the sort who appears in Noh dramas that pursues her phantom lover. I admired the ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
2
Books that changed me: Declan Greene
... my brain: thousands of French soldiers pushed out to sea on sinking boats; a madwoman in a sewer canal wearing a crown made of live rats. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
What is Southern California reading? Check out the local best …
How to Love. Thich Nhat Hanh. (Parallax Press). 9. The Madwoman in the Volvo. Sandra Tsing Loh. (Norton). 10. Unbroken. Laura Hillenbrand. «OCRegister, Jul 15»
4
Dishwasher, part of Capital Fringe
It wasn't until he was washing the dishes that I settled on the monologue that ends the first act of The Madwoman of Chaillot, which I had just ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
5
Big Brother: The grand final is here! Follow all the action with our live …
It's time for her to leave the house as the winner - she's punching the air like a madwoman! Here she comes... 22:25Do you remember Gerry? «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
6
PS Vita Preview - 'Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls'
Naegi soon meets Toko Fukawa, a survivor of the original Danganronpa, and her alternate personality, a homicidal madwoman who goes by ... «WorthPlaying.com, Jul 15»
7
'The Gods of Tango': A gender-bending tale of music and love
... into a lewd, slavering madwoman. It is this heartbreaking thread and the book's relentlessly propulsive story of gender-switching in a perilous ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
Jean Seberg Remains Wonderfully Commanding in 'Lilith'
The story of Lilith — a man's love for a manipulative madwoman makes him go insane — may not be especially gripping, but the way that it's ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
9
Sandra Tsing Loh Performs an Entertaining Solo Show About …
Based on her memoir The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones — which in turn was expanded from a 2011 essay for The ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
10
America's Got Talent Recap: This Competition Is On Fire!
While Paul is (according to Howard) just a guy bouncing a soccer ball on his head, Silvia, is a madwoman with a crossbow. She uses a series ... «SheKnows.com, Jul 15»

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