madnesses

1. obsolete terms for legal insanitySynonyms: insaneness, lunacy, madness

2. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brainSynonyms: hydrophobia, lyssa, madness, rabies

3. a feeling of intense angerExamples: "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"Synonyms: fury, madness, rage

4. the quality of being rash and foolishExamples: "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolishness, madness

5. unrestrained excitement or enthusiasmExamples: "poetry is a sort of divine madness"Synonyms: madness, rabidity, rabidness