madness
/ˈmad.nəs/US/ˈmæd.nəs/
madness noun: the state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
Noun
madness (usually uncountable, plural madnesses)
- The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
- Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- You were lonely for a man
I said, "Take me as I am"
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while1980 March 7, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses
- Synonyms:
- bedlamism, brainsickness, craze, craziness, derangement, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, lune, mental disorder
- The state of being angry.
- Rash folly.
madness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
madness in Hindi
- insanity
- पागलपन pāgalpan
madness in Tamil
- பித்தியம், பித்து, வெறி, மனநிலைத் தடுமாற்றம், முட்டாள்தனம், மடமை
madness in Marathi
- insanity
- वेड veḍ, खूळ khūḷ, वेडेपणा veḍepṇā, बुद्धिभ्रंश buddhibhrauśa
- rash folly
- वेड veḍ
madness in Urdu
- insanity
- پاگل پن pāgalpan
More languagesFewer languages
- madness in Bengali
- উন্মাদ, উন্মত্ততা, মাতন, ক্ষিপ্ততা
- madness in Telugu
- పిచ్చి picci
- madness in Malayalam
- ഭ്രാന്ത് bhrāntŭ, വട്ട് vaṭṭŭ, കിറുക്ക് kiṟukkŭ
- madness in Kannada
- ಹುಚ್ಚು huccu, ಹುಚ್ಚುತನ huccutana
- madness in Punjabi
- ਪਾਗਲਪਨ, ਪਾਗਲਪਣ
- madness in Gujarati
- ગાંડપણ, પાગલપણું
- madness in Odia
- ପାଗଳାମି pāgaḷāmi
- madness in Nepali
- पागलपन, पागलापन
- madness in Arabic
- جُنُون junūn
- madness in Indonesian
- kegilaan
- madness in Persian
- دیوانگی divânegi
Examples of madness in a sentence
- Her ideas seem to verge on the edge of brilliance and madness.
- Is there no end to this madness?
- There is a strain of madness in her family.
Synonyms of madness
- bedlamism
- brainsickness
- craze
- craziness
- derangement
- insaneness
- insanity
- lunacy
- mental disorder
- mental illness
Antonyms
Forms of madness
| plural | madnesses |
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Origin of madness
From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad + -ness.
Words formed from madness
Phrases with madness
Questions about madness
- What does madness mean?
- Madness means the state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
- What is madness in Hindi?
- Madness in Hindi is पागलपन (pāgalpan). See Madness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is madness?
- Madness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce madness?
- Madness is pronounced /ˈmad.nəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of madness?
- The plural of madness is madnesses.
Words near madness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: madness (page history and authors); madness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); madness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಹುಚ್ಚು (Kannada) (page history and authors); madness (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); madness (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ପାଗଳାମି (Odia) (page history and authors); madness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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