madwomen
Women deemed insane
Madwomen is the plural of madwoman—women who are insane or act with wild abandon.
The term carries the same ambiguity as its singular: it can mean clinically insane, furiously angry, or recklessly passionate.
The madwomen in the attic evokes Victorian literary tropes of confined, mentally ill women.
They danced like madwomen until dawn.
Holding false beliefs firmly
- psychoticSuffering reality-detachment
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- derangedMentally disturbed, irrational
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
maniacal · paranoid · demented · crazed · hallucinations · delirium · neurotic · institutionalized
Rejected, shunned person
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- misfitOne who doesn't fit in
marginalized · scorned · rejected · eccentric · vilified · misunderstood · witch · heretic
Space beneath the roof
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- protagonistStory's central figure
- narratorOne who tells events
- unreliableNot consistently performing
Outbursts of violent anger
- medusaFree-swimming cnidarian form
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
- harpyPredatory mythical bird-woman
- lamiaChild-devouring demoness of antiquity
gorgons · sirens · cassandra · pythia · berserker · valkyrie
Militant women's voting advocate
- activistVigorous cause champion
- rebelAuthority defier
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
revolutionary · unruly · resistant · subversive · disruptive · empowered · liberation · protest
delusional
Holding false beliefs firmly
- psychoticSuffering reality-detachment
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- derangedMentally disturbed, irrational
lunatic · maniacal · paranoid · demented · crazed · hallucinations · delirium · neurotic · institutionalized · asylum
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
misfit · marginalized · scorned · rejected · eccentric · vilified · misunderstood · witch · heretic · hysteric
attic
Space beneath the roof
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- protagonistStory's central figure
- narratorOne who tells events
unreliable · confined · escaped · victorian · tragic · haunted
furies
Outbursts of violent anger
- medusaFree-swimming cnidarian form
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
- harpyPredatory mythical bird-woman
lamia · gorgons · sirens · cassandra · pythia · berserker · valkyrie
suffragette
Militant women's voting advocate
radical · revolutionary · unruly · resistant · subversive · disruptive · empowered · liberation · protest · sisterhood