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Madness

The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

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Anger 76% connected

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

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Choler 76% connected

The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

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Ebullience 76% connected

Alt. of Ebulliency

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Enthusiasm 76% connected

Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to som…

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Exuberance 76% connected

The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of jo…

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Insanity 76% connected

The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.

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Ire 76% connected

Anger; wrath.

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Stupidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Lividity 76% connected

The state or quality of being livid.

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Wrath 76% connected

Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.

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Lunatic 74% connected

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.

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Lunatic 74% connected

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.

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Mad 74% connected

A slattern.

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Mad 74% connected

A slattern.

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Rage 74% connected

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

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Rage 74% connected

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

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Ramp 74% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Ramp 74% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Craziness 92% connected

The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

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Folly 92% connected

The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

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Foolishness 92% connected

The quality of being foolish.

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Fury 92% connected

A thief.

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Hydrophobia 92% connected

An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:

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Insaneness 92% connected

Insanity; madness.

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Lunacy 92% connected

Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of t…

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Lyssa 92% connected

Hydrophobia.

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Rabidity 92% connected

Rabidness; furiousness.

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Rabidness 92% connected

The quality or state of being rabid.

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Rabies 92% connected

Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

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Rage 92% connected

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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