Synonyms for madman


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mad-man, -muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmædˌmæn, -mən

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Définition of madman

Origin :
  • early 14c., mad man, from mad (adj.) + man (n.). One-word form attested from c.1400, prevalent from 16c.
  • noun lunatic
Example sentences :
  • Then indeed I had some hopes of him; for a madman can be managed, a fool cannot.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Yes, it must be a dream, since certainly it was to no madman that I was wed last night.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He could have raged and railed against his fate like any madman.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He's a madman certainly; but there are so many excuses to be urged for him.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Everything succeeds with them since that madman, Salvat, had his head cut off.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • They will never let a man alone,--they, the herd, who cry "Madman!"
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • I looked him in the eyes without moving, as if he had been a madman.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • I wonder whether there's any madman alive, who would marry Miggs!'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Next moment he was back in the stable, dealing blows about him like a madman.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Those eyes were the shiny, vacuous, soulless eyes of a madman!
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
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