#1 madness n. [lunacy, insaneness] obsolete terms for legal insanity. wn
#2 madness n. [rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa] 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. wn
#3 madness n. [fury, rage] a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage". wn
#4 madness n. [folly, foolishness, craziness] the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness". wn
#5 madness n. [rabidity, rabidness] unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness". wn
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