madness

madness
n
1. insanity, insaneness, lunacy, derangement, Psychiatry. dementia, dementedness; distraction, disorientation, unbalance, unsoundness; unsound mind, diseased mind; craziness, Sl. kookiness, Inf. nuttiness, daftness, brainsickness; All Sl. balminess, bugginess, screwiness, wackiness, goofiness.
2. psychosis, neurosis, psychoneurosis; schizophrenia, Psychiatry. dementia praecox, monomania, auto-mania, dipsomania, pyromania, delusion of grandeur; senility, anility, dotage, Psychiatry. amentia; Psychol. kleptomania, Psychol. split personality; All Psychiatry. melancholia, hypochondria, mania, lyssophobia, fugue.
3. rabies, Pathol. hydrophobia.
4. absurdity, absurdness, silliness, inanity, fatuousness, foolishness, folly; irrationality, illogic, illogicality, illogicalness, unreasonableness; senselessness, nonsense, nonsensicalness, nonsensicality, pointlessness; ridiculousness, ridiculosity, ludicrousness; asininity, imbecility, idiocy, Inf. moronism, Inf. moronity; childishness, puerility, immaturity.
5. impracticality, unsensibleness, preposterousness, unreasonableness; inappropriateness, impropriety, ineptitude, ineptness, incongruity, inconsistency; imprudence, indiscretion; irresponsibility, carelessness, unwariness, recklessness.
6. frenzy, franticness, furor, delirium, Pathol. delirium tremens, phrenitis, anoesis, hysteria; ranting, raving, storming, foaming at the mouth; violence, storminess, fierceness, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence.
7. rage, enragement, fury, infuriation; anger, wrath, wrathfulness, ire, irateness, choler, irascibility, irasci-bleness; indignation, resentment, exasperation.
8. enthusiasm, excitement, eagerness, zealousness, fanaticism; passion, ardentness, keenness, ferventness.
9. infatuation, fascination, possession, entrance-ment, intoxication; ecstasy, rapture, bliss, thrill.

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