insanity
US: /ˌɪnˈsænəti/, /ˌɪnˈsænɪti/
UK: /ɪnsˈænɪti/
UK: /ɪnsˈænɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
insanity /in'sæniti/
- danh từ
- tính trạng điên, tình trạng mất trí; bệnh điên
- sự điên rồ; điều điên rồ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U]
1 the state of being INSANE: He was found not guilty, by reason of insanity.
Antonym: SANITY
2 actions that are very stupid and possibly dangerous: It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 madness, lunacy, mental illness or disorder, dementia (praecox), psychosis, schizophrenia, (mental) derangement, mania; psychoneurosis, neurosis:
Because of the plea of temporary insanity he never stood trial for the murders.
2 folly, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy, imbecility, lunacy, absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, nonsense, senselessness, irresponsibility, irrationality, inanity:
What insanity it was to think I could win the lottery!
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
total
VERB + INSANITY
plead
At the murder trial, he pleaded insanity.
Concise English dictionary
insanitiesɪn'sænətɪ
noun
+relatively permanent disorder of the mind
