how to pronounce madness

/ˈmæd.nəs/

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madness is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of madness in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Parliament will stop this madness and it …”

meaning of madness

Madness is a state of being insane.

madness frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word madness occurs in english on average 8.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.