madness
/ˈmædnəs/noun
उच्चारण मैड्नस
पागलपन, विक्षिप्तता
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as idiom
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[U] old-fashioned
the state of having a serious mental illness
पागलपन, विक्षिप्तता
- In the play, the king slowly descends into madness.
- The old man's loneliness slowly drove him to the edge of madness.
- The poet is said to have suffered from madness in his later years.
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- Grief pushed the old woman close to madness.
- The doctors tried to understand the cause of his madness.
Synonyms insanity lunacy derangement
Opposite sanity
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[U]
crazy or stupid behaviour that could be dangerous
पागलपन, मूर्खता, सनक
- It would be madness to drive in this storm.
- Spending all your savings on a phone is sheer madness.
- Swimming in the flooded river is sheer madness.
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- It was madness to ignore the warning signs.
- Some called the plan madness, but it worked.
Synonyms folly foolishness stupidity idiocy lunacy
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[U]
a state of wild or confused activity
भगदड़, अफ़रा-तफ़री, उन्माद
- the madness of the festival rush at the railway station
- It was sheer madness on the platform when three trains arrived at once.
- There was complete madness at the gates when the doors opened.
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- The madness of the sales left the shop floor in a mess.
- After the wedding, the house settled down from its week of madness.
Synonyms chaos frenzy pandemonium mayhem
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
madness (uncountable)
Madness is uncountable and takes no plural s or a.
'Madness' uncountable है और इसके साथ plural s या a नहीं लगता।
- Madness runs in some families.
- It is sheer madness to drive in this fog.
it is madness to + verb
Use it is madness to to call a plan foolish or dangerous.
किसी योजना को मूर्खतापूर्ण या खतरनाक कहने के लिए 'it is madness to' आता है।
- It is madness to go swimming during a flood.
madness (informal) = wild excitement
In everyday talk madness describes wild, noisy activity, as in cricket madness.
रोज़मर्रा की बोलचाल में 'madness' बेहद उत्साह या शोर वाली गतिविधि बताता है, जैसे cricket madness।
- The market was pure madness on the eve of Diwali.
madness vs mad / madly
Madness is the noun; mad is the adjective, and madly is the adverb.
'Madness' noun है; 'mad' adjective है और 'madly' adverb है।
- He is mad about cricket.
- They are madly in love.
March madness / summer madness
Madness can follow a period of time to name an excited season.
'Madness' समय के बाद आकर किसी उत्साह भरे मौसम का नाम बन सकता है।
- The exam madness begins as soon as the schools reopen.
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adjective + madness
sheerpureutterabsolutetotalcomplete
- Crossing the railway line there is sheer madness.
verb + madness
drive tolead toend instopcause
- The noise drove him to madness.
madness + of + noun
madness of warmadness of crowdsmadness of the marketmadness of fame
- The madness of war leaves families broken.
noun + madness
cricket madnessfestival madnessexam madnessshopping madness
- Cricket madness grips the nation during the World Cup.
madness + preposition
in madnesswith madnessclose to madnesson the edge of madness
- She sang with a kind of madness.
“More examples 5
- It was madness to start the climb without a guide.
बिना गाइड के चढ़ाई शुरू करना पागलपन था।
- The station was full of madness on the day of the Kumbh.
कुंभ के दिन स्टेशन पर भारी अफरा-तफरी थी।
- Radhika felt the madness of the last week before the board exams.
बोर्ड परीक्षाओं से पहले के आख़िरी सप्ताह की आपाधापी राधिका ने महसूस की।
- The king's madness was kept secret from the people.
राजा का पागलपन प्रजा से छिपाकर रखा गया।
- Is it not madness to spend lakhs on a single dinner?
क्या एक ही रात्रिभोज पर लाखों खर्च करना पागलपन नहीं है?
!Common mistakes 2
✗ It is a madness to drive so fast.
✓ It is madness to drive so fast.
Madness is uncountable and needs no article here.
'Madness' uncountable है और यहाँ article की जरूरत नहीं है।
✗ He is mad of cricket.
✓ He is mad about cricket.
Mad takes about (or on) for an obsession, not of.
जुनून के लिए 'mad' के साथ 'about' (या on) आता है, 'of' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Madness, insanity and folly all describe senseless behaviour, but madness is general, insanity is clinical or legal, and folly is a lack of wisdom.
तीनों बेतुके व्यवहार को बताते हैं, पर madness सामान्य है, insanity चिकित्सीय या कानूनी है और folly बुद्धिहीनता है।
General word for mental illness or wild behaviour.
मानसिक रोग या उग्र व्यवहार के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- Driving on that road is madness.
A foolish act or idea, lacking good judgement.
अच्छे निर्णय की कमी वाला मूर्खतापूर्ण कार्य या विचार।
- It was folly to ignore the weather warning.
¶Idioms 1
there is method in sb's madness
there is a sensible reason for somebody's behaviour, although it seems strange
उसके पागलपन में भी कोई तर्क है
- He seems to study at odd hours, but there is method in his madness.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
⌂Word origin and word building
From Shakespeare: 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in it' is from Hamlet, and is the source of the idiom 'method in his madness'.
Shakespeare की कृति Hamlet की पंक्ति 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in it' से ही idiom 'method in his madness' बना है।