madwoman insulting or humorous term for a woman who behaves in a crazy wayAfter worrying that Carol would be a madwoman ( like so many of Jess' family ) I was so happy to find her very very cool .I still can't guarantee that I could eat one and not feel like throwing up . And you want one that's the equivalent of more than three whole Creme Eggs ? What kind of madwoman are you ?'I'll be waiting . I'll buy you lunch , you madwoman. ' woman who has a mental illnessA reminder of two bits of background : First , in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre , the heroine's love interest turns out to have a first wife , who he married in the West Indies and who is now a madwoman locked in the attic . 'In another room , a kind of purgatory or place of transition , six or eight noisy madwomen were gathered together , under the superintendence of one sane attendant . To research the role of a madwoman she plots to get herself admitted to an asylum ; something which even the pretentious Stryker thinks maybe going a bit too far ! like a madwoman But Margery screamed like a madwoman and slammed the door in my face . She came at me like a madwoman .