| NOUN | state | madness, lunacy, insaneness | obsolete terms for legal insanity |
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| state | madness, rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa | an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal) | |
| feeling | madness, fury, rage | a feeling of intense anger | |
| cognition | madness, folly, foolishness, craziness | the quality of being rash and foolish | |
| attribute | madness, rabidity, rabidness | unrestrained / unrestrained excitement / excitement or enthusiasm |
| Sounds | mae'dnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | obsolete terms for legal insanity. | |
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| Synonyms | lunacy, insaneness | |
| Broader | insanity | relatively permanent / permanent disorder of the mind |
| Spanish | furia, vesania, vesanía | |
| Catalan | fúria, vesània | |
| Adjectives | mad | affected with madness or insanity |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa | |
| Broader | zoonosis, zoonotic disease | An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans |
| Spanish | hidrofobia, lisa, rabia | |
| Catalan | hidrofòbia, ràbia | |
| Meaning | A feeling of intense anger. | |
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| Synonyms | fury, rage | |
| Narrower | lividity | A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored |
| wrath | Intense anger (usually on an epic scale) | |
| Broader | anger, choler, ire | A strong emotion |
| Spanish | furia, furor, rabia | |
| Catalan | fúria, furor, ràbia | |
| Adjectives | mad | roused to anger |
| Meaning | The quality of being rash and foolish. | |
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| Synonyms | folly, foolishness, craziness | |
| Broader | stupidity | A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
| Spanish | desatino, insensatez, locura, tontería | |
| Catalan | bogeria, despropòsit, insensatesa | |
| Adjectives | mad | very foolish |
| Meaning | unrestrained / unrestrained excitement / excitement or enthusiasm. | |
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| Example | "poetry is a sort of divine madness" | |
| Synonyms | rabidity, rabidness | |
| Broader | exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience | overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval |
| Spanish | extravagancia, insensatez, locura | |
| Adjectives | mad | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion |
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