1
as in insanity
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
nowadays certain forms of madness are quite treatable
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as in simplicity
lack of good sense or judgment
to do something so reckless would be sheer madness
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as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
her incessant insults goaded him to such madness that he would storm around breaking dishes and slamming doors
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Recent Examples of madness
Politics aside, purely from a scientific point of view, this is madness.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2025
All of which brings this surprisingly sugary piece to this upcoming week, the start of the NBA’s summer madness, and the pressure is on.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Just one more game and a chance to make history, then a brief opportunity to rest and recharge before the madness starts up again with Palace’s visit in a little over a month.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2025
All of that campy madness sets us up for our very first comp, where players must figure out which door the host is hidden behind.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 10 July 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2025
All of which brings this surprisingly sugary piece to this upcoming week, the start of the NBA’s summer madness, and the pressure is on.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Just one more game and a chance to make history, then a brief opportunity to rest and recharge before the madness starts up again with Palace’s visit in a little over a month.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2025
All of that campy madness sets us up for our very first comp, where players must figure out which door the host is hidden behind.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madness
Noun
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Kraepelin hoped that schizophrenia would eventually reveal itself to be a disease like neurosyphilis, which was then responsible for a large portion of the cases of insanity in psychiatry wards.—
Rachel Aviv,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Way was nothing short of a force of nature in the role, bringing a mix of mania, terror and insanity to a character that felt straight out of the comic books he’s written.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 July 2025
Noun
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In uncertain markets, relevance, simplicity and clear value win.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The essence of the review is evaluation, which of course doesn’t imply the crude simplicity of a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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The Sweeney ad has been the subject of both online praise and anger for over a week.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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And our film has caused disruption and fierce anger among veteran photographers all these decades later.—
Gary Knight,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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The material about his aging father, now living with dementia, is refreshingly candid, especially a riff on the surprising silver lining of a parent who no longer has a filter.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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For a decade, Alma Valencia has taken on the task of caring for her mother, Arminda, who suffers from dementia.—
Marina E. Franco,
NBC news,
31 July 2025
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At the heart of Nugent’s indignation was the 2021 sting operation that entangled him and three other landowners in a legal battle with the DNR.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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That indignation, those headlines, the praise for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bravery and leadership cooling dramatically since those early days–in Europe and America.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Her hysteria frightens me and demands to be taken care of.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The media is already gearing up their midterm hysteria.—
Brilyn Hollyhand,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
Noun
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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The truth is, 2025 has been an anger-inducing experience for so many people that a simmering rage has been building all year.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
31 July 2025
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One scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health tells Aviv that the figure may be between one and five per cent of schizophrenia patients.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Bittner had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and not competent to stand trial in a previous evaluation, the outlet reported, citing court documents.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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“Madness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madness. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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