madness

noun

1. obsolete terms for legal insanity

   noun.state

   Synonyms insaneness lunacy

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. 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

   noun.state

   Synonyms hydrophobia lyssa rabies

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a feeling of intense anger

   noun.feeling

   Synonyms enragement fury infuriation rage

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. the quality of being rash and foolish

   noun.cognition

   Synonyms craziness folly foolishness

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm

   noun.attribute

   Examples

   Poetry is a sort of divine madness.

   Synonyms rabidity rabidness

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

   noun

   Source: webster1913