Madness Definition & Meaning
madness
- noun
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
- the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness"
"Madness" in song lyrics
See how madness is used in real songs:
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"To relieve the pressure and all the madness"
2 Live Crew — Here I Come -
"Yeah, that's how I'm livin in this world of madness"
415 — Lavish -
"Yo Hawk and Animal hit the ring bring the madness"
7L & Esoteric — Ring Music
Words that rhyme with madness
Usage tips for "madness"
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- What does madness mean?
- obsolete terms for legal insanity an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
- What part of speech is madness?
- Madness is a noun.
- How many definitions does madness have?
- Madness has 5 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).