madman
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈmædˌmæn/
- Offensive
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loco
- The leader of North Korea recently said America has a sinister intention to provoke nuclear war, a madman with a nuclear arsenal.
- act like a madman
- just a madman
All I can say is he appears to be a madman and Netanyahu, yes.
- All I can say is he appears to be a madman and Netanyahu, yes.
- Is it that Christ was a madman who just happened to get it right?
- He's going to wing it with a nuclear madman.
- Shall we call him artist or genius or Mystic or madman?
- The prisoners are either workers, school boys or madmen.
- You realize you're tweeting threats of nuclear war to a madman.
- So I'll go and see Ronnie and I say Ronnie, he's a madman.
- He said a madman, sort of mad king logic is what he called it, a madman with a nuclear arsenal.
- The FBI concluded because they are so wise, that they were the rantings of a madman.
- And yeah, it was, it was when I look back now, I just think he was a madman, mate.
- I mean, you were either the news, you were Hollywood, or you were a madman like that.
Examples
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They thought he was a madman and they let him go.
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There's a madman in there with his hand on a button!
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So they sent in a madman to stop a madman.
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We have a madman in Europe currently threatening to use them.
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You told us to do everything in our power to capture the madman.
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We might be dealing with a madman here, a bonafide deranged killer.
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I can't presume to predict what a madman is going to do next.
Fiction book (1994) -
The assumption is that Vladimir Putin, this madman who's just seeks power and is out of control.
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In this light, Nietzsche has a "madman" proclaim his central contention: God is dead and man is alone responsible.
Academic text (1999) -
The town was terrified of the madman who had been roaming the streets at night.
Synonyms
309
7.5
A person who behaves in a silly or strange way
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8.1
A person who behaves wildly and dangerously and may hurt others
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8.6
A person who behaves very strangely and may be dangerous
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6.2
A person who acts in a wild or reckless way
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9.8
A person who behaves in a strange or wild way
40
8.2
A person who has strange or unrealistic ideas
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8.8
A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way
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8.6
A person who acts in a silly or strange way
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7.9
A person who acts violently and without control
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9.1
A person who acts in a very angry, dangerous, or unpredictable way
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7.9
A person who does risky things without thinking
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8.8
A person who acts in a way that seems crazy
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9.1
An insulting word for a person who acts very silly or strange
A person who behaves in a very strange and unreasonable way that worries others
Very silly or clearly crazy
A person with very foolish or wild ideas
How Unstable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word madman is simply mad + man, and mad long ago meant 'out of one's mind' or 'insane'. So a madman is literally a man who is 'out of his mind', which explains why we use it for someone who behaves wildly or dangerously.