madness

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mad·ness [madness madnesses] BrE [ˈmædnəs] NAmE [ˈmædnəs] noun uncountable
1. (old-fashioned)the state of having a serious mental illness
Syn: ↑insanity
•There may be a link between madness and creativity.
2. crazy or stupid behaviour that could be dangerous
•It would be sheer madness to trust a man like that.
•In a moment of madness she had agreed to go out with him.
see there is method in your madness at ↑method

Example Bank:
•It's sheer madness to go sailing in weather like this.
•The real victim in this collective madness is our society.
•They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness!

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rabidity, rabidness, folly, foolishness, craziness, fury, rage, rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, lunacy, insaneness