EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR MADNESS
He dashed the paper to the ground, and gave himself up to his madness.
What was it—madness, a nightmare, or a trap into which he had been decoyed with fiendish artfulness?
Do not think that I write this in madness or in fever or excitement.
It was madness to come to Lourdes when one was in such a condition.
A whirlwind of madness seemed to be passing over the region.
When I ask you to pass out at that door, tell me it is madness and remain here.
What madness is stirring you that you should think and say such abominable things?
The head and front of my madness have this extent,--no more.
For what else is madness than for a man to be out of his wits?
Besides, the more perfect and true his love is, the more pleasant is his madness.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR MADNESS
imbecility
nounfoolishness- absurdity
- absurdness
- bunk
- carrying-on
- claptrap
- craziness
- dumb trick
- folly
- fool trick
- foolery
- horse feathers
- idiocy
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inanity
- indiscretion
- insanity
- insensibility
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- mistake
- nonsense
- poppycock
- preposterousness
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- stupidity
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- twaddle
- unreasonableness
- unwiseness
- weakness
- witlessness
- zaniness
insaneness
nouninsanity- aberration
- absurdity
- alienation
- brainsickness
- craziness
- delirium
- delusion
- dementia
- derangement
- distraction
- disturbance
- dotage
- folly
- frenzy
- hallucination
- hysteria
- illusion
- inanity
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- lunacy
- madness
- mania
- mental disorder
- mental illness
- neurosis
- phobia
- preposterousness
- psychopathy
- psychosis
- senselessness
- unbalance
- unreasonableness
- witlessness
insanity
nounmental illness; foolishnessirateness
nounfurymental illness
nounemotional disorder- craziness
- delusions
- depression
- derangement
- disturbed mind
- emotional disorder
- emotional instability
- insanity
- loss of mind
- lunacy
- madness
- maladjustment
- mania
- mental disease
- mental disorder
- mental sickness
- nervous breakdown
- nervous disorder
- neurosis
- neurotic disorder
- paranoia
- personality disorder
- phobia
- psychopathy
- psychosis
- schizophrenia
- sick mind
- troubled mind
- unbalanced mind
- unsoundness of mind
neurosis
nounmental disturbance, disordernonsense
nouncraziness, ridiculousness- absurdity
- babble
- balderdash
- baloney
- bananas
- bombast
- bull
- bunk
- claptrap
- drivel
- fatuity
- flightiness
- folly
- foolishness
- fun
- gibberish
- giddiness
- hogwash
- hooey
- hot air
- imprudence
- inanity
- irrationality
- jazz
- jest
- jive
- joke
- ludicrousness
- madness
- mumbo jumbo
- palaver
- poppycock
- prattle
- pretense
- ranting
- rashness
- rot
- rubbish
- scrawl
- scribble
- senselessness
- silliness
- soft soap
- stupidity
- thoughtlessness
- trash
- tripe
psychopathy
nouninsanity- aberration
- absurdity
- alienation
- brainsickness
- craziness
- delirium
- delusion
- dementia
- derangement
- distraction
- disturbance
- dotage
- folly
- frenzy
- hallucination
- hysteria
- illusion
- inanity
- insaneness
- irrationality
- irresponsibility
- lunacy
- madness
- mania
- mental disorder
- mental illness
- neurosis
- phobia
- preposterousness
- psychosis
- senselessness
- unbalance
- unreasonableness
- witlessness
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