Definition of madness

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Definition of madness

  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. hydrophobia
    2. lyssa
    3. rabies
  • unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm (noun)

    Examples

    1. poetry is a sort of divine madness

    Synonyms

    1. rabidity
    2. rabidness
  • obsolete terms for legal insanity (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. insaneness
    2. lunacy
  • a feeling of intense anger (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. fury
    2. rage
  • the quality of being rash and foolish (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. craziness
    2. folly
    3. foolishness

See definition of madness in Merriam Webster