Usually means: Woman perceived as wildly irrational.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word madwoman:

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  1. madwoman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. madwoman: Merriam-Webster
  3. madwoman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. madwoman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. madwoman: Collins English Dictionary
  6. madwoman: Vocabulary.com
  7. Madwoman, madwoman: Wordnik
  8. madwoman: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. madwoman: Wiktionary
  10. madwoman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. madwoman: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. madwoman: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. madwoman: Dictionary.com
  14. Madwoman (book): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. madwoman: Rhymezone
  16. madwoman: FreeDictionary.org
  17. madwoman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. madwoman: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Madwoman: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Similar:
madperson, madman, mad person, madhead, madchild, lunatic, madcap, nut-bar, semimadman, mad hatter, more...

Opposite:
sane woman, rational woman

Phrases:
madwoman of chaillot, the madwoman of chaillot, The Madwoman in the Attic, more...

Adjectives:
old, poor, unhappy, young, unfortunate, tongued, little, hysterical, conventional, veteran, sublime

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Similar:
madperson, madman, mad person, madhead, madchild, lunatic, madcap, nut-bar, semimadman, mad hatter, more...

Opposite:
sane woman, rational woman

Phrases:
madwoman of chaillot, the madwoman of chaillot, The Madwoman in the Attic, more...

Adjectives:
old, poor, unhappy, young, unfortunate, tongued, little, hysterical, conventional, veteran, sublime



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