madness |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychology,psychiatry) obsolete terms for legal insanity | |
| Synonyms: | insaneness lunacy | |
| Related terms: | insanity | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | hydrophobia lyssa rabies | |
| Related terms: | animal_disease zoonosis | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a feeling of intense anger | |
| Synonyms: | rage fury | |
| Examples: | "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" "his face turned red with rage" |
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| Related terms: | anger wrath lividity ramp | |
| Similar spelling: |
Matinez Madding |
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