Tom worked like a madman.
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Madman
//ˈmædˌmæn//
Synonyms for "madman" (39 found)
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Translations
100 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- مَجْنُون noun (an insane man)
- مَعْتُوه noun (an insane man)
- مُخَبَّل noun (an insane man)
Bashkir
4 entries- алйот noun (an insane man)
- диуана noun (an insane man)
- иҫәр noun (an insane man)
- йүләр noun (an insane man)
Belarusian
3 entries- бязу́мец noun (an insane man)
- вар'я́т noun (an insane man)
- шале́нец noun (an insane man)
Bulgarian
2 entries- луд noun (an insane man)
- побъ́ркан noun (an insane man)
Catalan
1 entries- boig noun (an insane man)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 狂人 noun (an insane man)
- 瘋人 /疯人 noun (an insane man)
- 瘋子 /疯子 noun (an insane man)
Czech
2 entries- blázen noun (an insane man)
- šílenec noun (an insane man)
Danish
1 entries- galning noun (an insane man)
Dutch
4 entries- dolleman noun (an insane man)
- gek noun (an insane man)
- krankzinnig noun (an insane man)
- waanzinnig noun (an insane man)
Esperanto
1 entries- frenezulo noun (an insane man)
French
2 entries- fou noun (an insane man)
- insensé noun (an insane man)
Galician
2 entries- louco noun (an insane man)
- tolo noun (an insane man)
German
3 entries- Irrer noun (an insane man)
- Verrückter noun (an insane man)
- Wahnsinniger noun (an insane man)
Greek
1 entries- τρελός noun (an insane man)
Hindi
3 entries- दीवाना noun (an insane man)
- पगला noun (an insane man)
- पागल noun (an insane man)
Irish
1 entries- fear mire noun (an insane man)
Italian
2 entries- matto noun (an insane man)
- pazzo noun (an insane man)
Japanese
2 entries- 気違い noun (an insane man)
- 狂人 noun (an insane man)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũgũrũki noun (an insane man)
Kongo
1 entries- kilawu noun (an insane man)
Korean
2 entries- 광인 noun (an insane man)
- 미치광이 noun (an insane man)
Latin
2 entries- dēmēns noun (an insane man)
- homo furiōsus noun (an insane man)
Latvian
2 entries- neprātis noun (an insane man)
- ārprātīgais noun (an insane man)
Macedonian
2 entries- луд noun (an insane man)
- лудак noun (an insane man)
Māori
1 entries- ō noun (an insane man)
Nandi
1 entries- kipiyuo noun (an insane man)
Norman
1 entries- fo noun (an insane man)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- galning noun (an insane man)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دلی noun (an insane man)
Persian
1 entries- دیوانه noun (an insane man)
Polish
4 entries- czubek noun (an insane man)
- obłąkaniec noun (an insane man)
- oszołom noun (an insane man)
- pojebaniec noun (an insane man)
Portuguese
3 entries- doido noun (an insane man)
- louco noun (an insane man)
- maluco noun (an insane man)
Russian
3 entries- безу́мец noun (an insane man)
- сумасше́дший noun (an insane man)
- чо́кнутый noun (an insane man)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ludak noun (an insane man)
- лудак noun (an insane man)
Slovak
2 entries- blázon noun (an insane man)
- šialenec noun (an insane man)
Slovene
2 entries- blaznež noun (an insane man)
- norec noun (an insane man)
Spanish
2 entries- loco noun (an insane man)
- trastronado noun (an insane man)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- lawman noun (an insane man)
Swahili
1 entries- chizi noun (an insane man)
Swedish
2 entries- dåre noun (an insane man)
- galning noun (an insane man)
Tamil
3 entries- கிறுக்கு noun (an insane man)
- பைத்தியம் noun (an insane man)
- லூசு noun (an insane man)
Turkish
1 entries- hasta noun (an insane man)
Ukrainian
4 entries- безу́мець noun (an insane man)
- божеві́лець noun (an insane man)
- божеві́льний noun (an insane man)
- варія́т noun (an insane man)
Urdu
2 entries- دیوانہ noun (an insane man)
- پاگل noun (an insane man)
Sample sentences
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Zen's latest mission is to save the Earth from ecological destruction at the hands of a plant-destroying madman.
Source: tatoeba (51268)
A madman is not accountable for his actions.
Source: tatoeba (270272)
He acted like a madman.
Source: tatoeba (295368)
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