madness

noun

/ˈmædnəs/

[uncountable]Idioms

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(old-fashioned) the state of having a serious mental illness synonym insanity
- There may be a link between madness and creativity.
- They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness!
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
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.
- The real victim in this collective madness is our society.
see also March Madness™Topics Dangerc1, Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- absolute
- complete
- pure
- …
phrases
- the first sign of madness
- a moment of madness
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Idioms

there’s (a) method in somebody’s madness

there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems

单词	madness
释义	madness noun /ˈmædnəs/ /ˈmædnəs/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results (old-fashioned) the state of having a serious mental illness synonym insanity There may be a link between madness and creativity. They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness! Topics Personal qualitiesb2 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. The real victim in this collective madness is our society. see also March Madness™Topics Dangerc1, Personal qualitiesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective absolute complete pure … phrases the first sign of madness a moment of madness See full entry Idioms there’s (a) method in somebody’s madness there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems
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