Jealousy and Madness

Jealousy

Jealousy noun - A painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.

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Madness and jealousy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Madness" instead a noun "Jealousy".

Nearby Words: jealous, jealously

Madness noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.

Usage example: her incessant insults goaded him to such madness that he would storm around breaking dishes and slamming doors

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Jealousy and madness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jealousy" instead a noun "Madness".

Nearby Word: mad

human	human jealousy	human madness
pure	pure jealousy	pure madness
utter	utter jealousy	utter madness
sheer	sheer jealousy	sheer madness
Other adjectives: savage, simple, constant, violent, extreme, slight, apparent, murderous, growing, psychotic, resulting, paranoid, aforementioned.

No one could ever tell if the protagonist was right, that his wife cheated him, or if the madness and the jealousy have taken their toll.

Source: Riddle for the Ages
Although he cuts off Sasaki's arm in his jealousy and madness and tries to kill him Sasaki returns the beating in kind.

Source: Jerkass Woobie / Anime and Manga
Even Othello, for all that it's a deeply gloomy play about jealousy, madness and prejudice, is full of this sort of stuff.

Source: Hurricane of Puns

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