madness

[US]/'mædnɪs/
[UK]/'mædnəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. craziness; foolish behavior.

Example Sentences

It is sheer madness to do it.

genius and madness are akin.

It's the height of madness to sail at the height of the storm.

persons who have a touch of madness in their composition.

madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.

madness and creativity could spring from the same source.

It was sheer madness to attempt the drive during a blizzard.

He has a touch of madness in his composition.

in this day and age it is madness to allow children to roam around after dark.

from about midnight to three in the morning it's absolute madness in here.

Strictly, mania is a kind of madness which makes people violent.

And then one day, in a fit of spring madness, I set out with pruner and lopper to remove a few errant branches.

Virtuallyevery tariff is a little piece of economic madness; but one aimed athobbling your best exporters would seem to take the galleta.

Tainted by association with the Witch King and the violent madness of Aenarion, the survivors of Nagarythe are very different type of Asur.

Real-world Examples

But there was a method to Jobs' madness.

Source: Harvard Business Review

This is total madness, Reade mutters under his breath.

Source: Business Weekly

This country saw this madness or what we call chess fever.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

I will never forget -- absolute madness, 250 TV crews in Germany.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2015 Collection

I am as mad as he, if sad and merry madness equal be.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2016

What difference you think you can make, one single man in all this madness?

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

So, several years ago, I decided to look into the brain and study this madness.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) October 2017 Collection

But that only underlines the madness of FIFA giving the cup to Qatar, not America.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Not only was she coarse and stupid, her madness also made her violent.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

So what is the science behind the madness?

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

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