Thesaurus results for MADMEN

madmen

noun

plural of madman

as in devils

a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman

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Recent Examples of madmen The garages at drag events are full of red-eyed madmen who have sold their houses and chased their wives and children away in pursuit of this. — New Atlas, 13 July 2026 Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story. — William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025 Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war. — Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025

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In 2025, two Tasmanian devils arrived at the Australian Outback exhibit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Tasmanian devils suffer from Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a highly fatal cancer spread by biting, which has devastated their population and surprisingly arose twice.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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The first co-write between Henley and Frey was a bona fide cowboy ballad if cowboys kept grand pianos around campfires.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Immediately after the Civil War, Smith said, cowboys drove millions of longhorns from southern Texas to railheads in Kansas for shipment to northern markets.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

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Riksgransen, population 60 (give or take), stands as Sweden’s northernmost ski resort, where adrenaline-seeking snowboarders and daredevils gather during the winter months for 360-degree heli-skiing.

— Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026
Bragason joked that the daredevils had come to Iceland instead of Spain, where the weather tends to be more predictable.

— Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026

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