Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.

    Wahnsinn, Verrücktheit

    безу́миеbezúmije, сумасше́ствиеsumasšéstvije, помеша́тельствоpomešátelʹstvo

    божеві́лляboževíllja, безу́мствоbezúmstvo, безу́мністьbezúmnistʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)The state of being angry.

  3. (uncountable, usually)Rash folly.

    помеша́тельствоpomešátelʹstvo

    the quality of being rash and foolish

Examples

76 sentences
  1. It's time to stop this madness.

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  2. Let's stop this madness.

    Зупинімо це божевілля.

    ruДавайте остановим это безумие.

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  3. Will the madness ever end?

    Це божевілля колись закінчиться?

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  4. This is madness.

    Це божевілля.

    ruЭто безумие.

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  5. It's sheer madness.

    Це чисте божевілля.

    ruЭто чистое безумие.

    deDas ist reiner Wahnsinn.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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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
Singularmadness

uncountable

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
madness — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto