madman
Syllables: mad·manUK/ˈmædmən//ˈmædˌmæn/
madman noun: a man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
Noun
madman (plural madmen)
- A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
- Synonyms:
- basket case, basket weaver, crack, crackpot, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat, eccentric, fruit and nut case, fruit cake
- A person who makes risky and questionable decisions.
- A daredevil.
madman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
madman in Hindi
- an insane man
- दीवाना dīvānā, पागल pāgal, पगला paglā
madman in Tamil
- an insane man
- கிறுக்கு kiṟukku, பைத்தியம் paittiyam, லூசு lūcu
madman in Marathi
- madman, wackadoo, lunatic
- खुळा khuḷā
- madman, lunatic, maniac
- वेडा veḍā
madman in Urdu
- an insane man
- دِیوانَہ dīvāna, پاگَل pāgal, پَگْلا paglā
More languagesFewer languages
- madman in Bengali
- পাগল pagol
- madman in Telugu
- వెర్రివాడు verrivāḍu
- madman in Malayalam
- കിറുക്കൻ kiṟukkaṉ
- madman in Kannada
- ಹುಚ್ಚ hucca
- madman in Punjabi
- ਦਿਵਾਨਾ divānā
- madman in Arabic
- مَعْتُوه maʕtūh, مَجْنُون majnūn, مُخَبَّل muḵabbal, مَهْوُوس mahwūs
Examples of madman in a sentence
- He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.
- The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophecy of the end of the world.
- Perhaps this is not the act of a madman (or madchild) after all.
Synonyms of madman
- basket case
- basket weaver
- crack
- crackpot
- crazy
- crazyhead
- dingbat
- eccentric
- fruit and nut case
- fruit cake
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Forms of madman
| plural | madmen |
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Origin of madman
Inherited from Middle English mad-man. By surface analysis, mad + -man.
Words formed from madman
Questions about madman
- What does madman mean?
- Madman means a man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
- What is madman in Hindi?
- Madman in Hindi is दीवाना (dīvānā), पागल (pāgal), पगला (paglā). See Madman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is madman?
- Madman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce madman?
- Madman is pronounced /ˈmædmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of madman?
- The plural of madman is madmen.
Words near madman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: madman (page history and authors); खुळा (Marathi) (page history and authors); వెర్రివాడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); കിറുക്കൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಹುಚ್ಚ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਦਿਵਾਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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