Madness

//ˈmæd.nəs//

Synonyms for "madness" (271 found)

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Strong matches (81)

deliriumdementednessdementiadenguedengue feverderangementdesipiencediphtheriadisorientationdistractiondumdum feverdysenteryeccentricityecstasyelephantiasisencephalitis lethargicaenteric fevererysipelaseuphoriafamine fever
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fanaticismfatuityfatuousnessfire and furyfive-day feverflufoliefooleryfoolheadednessfoolishnessframbesiafrenzyfrivolityfrivolousnessfurorfurorefutilitygerman measlesgiddinessglandular fevergoofinessgrippehansenosishaverhill feverhepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishookwormhydrophobiahysteriaidiocyillogicillogicalityillogicalnessimbecilityimpracticalityinanityineptitudeinfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzainsanenessintoxicationirrationalityjail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseaselepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loa

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loaiasislockjawloss of mindloss of reasonmalariamalarial fevermaniamarsh fevermeaslesmeningitismental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmilzbrandmind overthrown
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mindlessnessmindsicknessmumpsniaiserienonsensenugacitynuttinessoddnessorgasmorgyornithosisosteomyelitisparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpassionpertussispixilationpneumoniapointlessnesspoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospossessionpreposterousnesspsittacosispsychopathypsychosisqueernessrabbit feverragerapturerat-bite feverravishmentreasonlessnessrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxridiculousnessringwormrubellarubeolasappinessscarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisscrewinesssenselessnessseptic sore throatshattered mindshinglessick mindsicknesssillinesssleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversplenic feverspotted feverstrangenessstrep throatstupidityswamp fevertearing passiontetanusthoughtlessnessthrushtineatowering ragetransporttrench fevertrench mouthtriflingnesstrivialitytuberculosistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverunbalanceunbalanced mindundulant feverunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of mindvacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenterywackinessweirdnesswhooping coughwitlessnessyawsyellow feveryellow jackzaninesszanyismzonazoster

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Translations

136 translations across 59 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • kranksinnigheid noun (insanity)
  • malligheid noun (rash folly)
  • waansin noun (insanity)
  • waansinnigheid noun (insanity)

Albanian

1 entries
  • marrëzi noun (insanity)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μανία noun (insanity)

Arabic

2 entries
  • جنون noun (insanity)
  • جُنُون noun (insanity)

Armenian

1 entries
  • խելագարություն noun (insanity)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dəlilik noun (insanity)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • вар'я́цтва noun (insanity)
  • шале́нства noun (insanity)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • безу́мие noun (insanity)
  • лу́дост noun (insanity)

Catalan

2 entries
  • bogeria noun (insanity)
  • follia noun (insanity)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 狂 noun (insanity)
  • 瘋病 /疯病 noun (insanity)
  • 精神錯亂 /精神错乱 noun (insanity)
  • 蠢事 noun (rash folly)

Czech

2 entries
  • šílenost noun (insanity)
  • šílenství noun (insanity)

Danish

4 entries
  • galskab noun (insanity)
  • galskab noun (rash folly)
  • sindssyge noun (insanity)
  • vanvid noun (insanity)

Dutch

2 entries
  • krankzinnigheid noun (insanity)
  • waanzin noun (insanity)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • frenezeco noun (insanity)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hullumeelsus noun (insanity)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hulluus noun (insanity)
  • hulluus noun (rash folly)

French

1 entries
  • folie noun (insanity)

Galician

4 entries
  • doudice noun (insanity)
  • folía noun (insanity)
  • loucura noun (insanity)
  • tolemia noun (insanity)

Georgian

2 entries
  • სიგიჟე noun (insanity)
  • სულით ავადმყოფობა noun (insanity)

German

2 entries
  • Verrücktheit noun (insanity)
  • Wahnsinn noun (insanity)

Greek

2 entries
  • παραφροσύνη noun (insanity)
  • τρέλα noun (insanity)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • טֵרוּף noun (insanity)
  • שִׁגָּעוֹן noun (insanity)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पागलपन noun (insanity)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • őrület noun (insanity)
  • őrültség noun (insanity)
  • őrültség noun (rash folly)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • brjálæði noun (insanity)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kegilaan noun (insanity)

Italian

2 entries
  • follia noun (insanity)
  • pazzia noun (insanity)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 狂気 noun (insanity)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • asnera noun (rash folly)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ақылсыздық noun (insanity)

Korean

1 entries
  • 광기 noun (insanity)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жиндилик noun (insanity)

Latin

4 entries
  • amentia noun (insanity)
  • dēmentia noun (insanity)
  • vēcordia noun (insanity)
  • vēsānia noun (insanity)

Latvian

3 entries
  • trakums noun (insanity)
  • vājprāts noun (insanity)
  • ārprāts noun (insanity)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • beprotybė noun (insanity)
  • pamišimas noun (insanity)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • лудило noun (insanity)
  • лудост noun (insanity)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • കിറുക്ക് noun (insanity)
  • ഭ്രാന്ത് noun (insanity)
  • വട്ട് noun (insanity)

Manx

1 entries
  • meecheeallid noun (insanity)

Middle English

2 entries
  • madnesse noun (insanity)
  • madnesse noun (rash folly)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • galskap noun (insanity)

Occitan

1 entries
  • foliá noun (insanity)

Old English

1 entries
  • wōdnes noun (insanity)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • جنت noun (insanity)
  • مجنونلق noun (insanity)

Persian

1 entries
  • دیوانگی noun (insanity)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wonsenn noun (insanity)

Polish

4 entries
  • amok noun (insanity)
  • fioł noun (insanity)
  • kręciek noun (insanity)
  • niepoczytalność noun (insanity)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • doideira noun (insanity)
  • doidice noun (insanity)
  • insanidade noun (insanity)
  • loucura noun (insanity)

Romanian

1 entries
  • nebunie noun (insanity)

Russian

4 entries
  • безу́мие noun (insanity)
  • безу́мство noun (insanity)
  • помеша́тельство noun (insanity)
  • помеша́тельство noun (rash folly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lùdilo noun (insanity)
  • lȕdost noun (insanity)
  • porèmećenōst noun (insanity)
  • лу̀дило noun (insanity)

Slovak

2 entries
  • šialenosť noun (insanity)
  • šialenstvo noun (insanity)

Slovene

2 entries
  • blaznost noun (insanity)
  • norost noun (insanity)

Spanish

1 entries
  • locura noun (insanity)

Swedish

4 entries
  • galenskap noun (insanity)
  • vansinne noun (insanity)
  • vansinne noun (rash folly)
  • vanvett noun (insanity)

Tajik

1 entries
  • девонагӣ noun (insanity)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పిచ్చి noun (insanity)

Turkish

1 entries
  • delilik noun (insanity)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • безу́мність noun (insanity)
  • безу́мство noun (insanity)
  • божеві́лля noun (insanity)
  • варія́ція noun (insanity)

Urdu

1 entries
  • پاگل پن noun (insanity)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.

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It's the height of madness to say so.

Source: tatoeba (41589)

The time has come for mankind to put an end to the madness and immorality of the arms race.

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Genius and madness are but a hairbreadth away from each other.

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