obsolete terms for legal insanity
Used in a Sentence
madness
How to use madness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for madness.
Editorial note
This madness must stop now, before our children are harmed any further.
Examples7
Definitions5
Parts of speech1
Quick take
obsolete terms for legal insanity
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of madness gathered in one view.
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
a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for madness.
noun
obsolete terms for legal insanity
See also: lunacy, insaneness
noun
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
See also: rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa
noun
a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
noun
the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
See also: folly, foolishness, craziness
noun
unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness"
Example sentences
This madness must stop now, before our children are harmed any further.
To someone who's working in startup circles it may seem like madness, and it would be if applied to startups.
Eventually i was able to interpret these pscyhoses as metaphors, and work my way out of the madness.
Instead we should be focusing on the madness that causes our software to balloon to millions of lines of incomprehensible code.
It can drive a creative person to madness, all of the things that go into a company, all the details that are completely fucking wrong all the time and you can't get control of any of them.
I've put these buttons into my design, but I'd rather see the browsers' favorites revamped into a searchable database that allows easy sharing and get rid of this madness.
The fundamentalist missionaries infected them with the peculiar sort of madness, entitlement, laziness and corruption that comes with that belief system.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use madness in a sentence?
This madness must stop now, before our children are harmed any further.
What does madness mean?
obsolete terms for legal insanity
What part of speech is madness?
madness is commonly used as noun.