madwoman
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈmædˌwʊmən/
- Slur
- The villagers whispered about the madwoman who often wandered the streets alone, talking to herself.
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Examples
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Yes, I'm being attacked by a madwoman.
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Don't you tell me those weren't the eyes of a madwoman?
Fiction book (1992) -
Did you tell him that a madwoman lived in that room?
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How can a madwoman help her husband to escape?!
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"There was a madwoman living at The Forest.
Fiction book (1996) -
...captured and held hostage by a madwoman.
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But have you ever been cornered by a madwoman?
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There's a madwoman on the battlefield!
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Listen to the whisperings of a madwoman... and decide for yourselves... if she is not insane, who is?
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But that day in L.A., I was rapidly becoming convinced that I was in the hands of a madwoman with leanings toward Chinese torture.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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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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9.1
A person who acts in a very angry, dangerous, or unpredictable way
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6.2
A person who acts in a wild or reckless way
How Mentally Disturbed
- Specialized
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8.9
- Slur
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8.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word madwoman comes from the parts mad and woman. The part mad used to mean 'out of one's mind' or 'wild', and you can see the same idea in madness, so a madwoman is a woman who is mentally ill or who acts in a wild, uncontrolled way.