uproar
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Stupid and silly behaviour
antics
buffoonery
dottiness
dumbness
fatuousness
foolishness
frivolousness
fruit loopery
game
idiocy
lark
ludicrousness
mindlessness
oafishness
obtuseness
screwball
stupidity
the games (that) people playidiom
tomfoolery
vacuousness
madnessnoun[U] (MENTAL ILLNESS)
offensive
a word for mental illness, which was used by doctors in the past but is now offensive: 疯狂，神经错乱，精神失常
She felt as if she were sliding into madness.她感觉自己像要发疯了。
Synonymsinsanityold-fashioned or specialized sometimes offensive
lunacyold-fashioned
Comparemental illness
madness | American Dictionary
madness
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmæd·nəs/
mental illness:
There was a history of madness in her family.
Madness can also refer to behavior that is not reasonable when considering certain situations:
It would be sheer madness (= crazy) to ignore the symptoms and do nothing.