madness
The state of being madThe state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
» It's time to stop this madness.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
Wahnsinn, Verrücktheit
безу́миеbezúmije, сумасше́ствиеsumasšéstvije, помеша́тельствоpomešátelʹstvo
божеві́лляboževíllja, безу́мствоbezúmstvo, безу́мністьbezúmnistʹ
(uncountable, usually)The state of being angry.
(uncountable, usually)Rash folly.
помеша́тельствоpomešátelʹstvo
the quality of being rash and foolish
Examples
76 sentencesIt's time to stop this madness.
Let's stop this madness.
Зупинімо це божевілля.
ruДавайте остановим это безумие.
Will the madness ever end?
Це божевілля колись закінчиться?
This is madness.
Це божевілля.
ruЭто безумие.
It's sheer madness.
Це чисте божевілля.
ruЭто чистое безумие.
deDas ist reiner Wahnsinn.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad + -ness.From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad + -ness.
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Forms
plural: madnesses| Singular | madness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
23 synonyms- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm:rabidityrabidness
- obsolete terms for legal insanity:lunacyinsaneness
- a feeling of intense anger:furyrage
- the quality of being rash and foolish:follyfoolishnesscraziness
- 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:rabieshydrophobialyssa
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable