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MADDEN
madden
(verb) make mad; “His behavior is maddening”
madden
(verb) drive up the wall; go on someone’s nerves
madden, craze
(verb) cause to go crazy; cause to lose one’s mind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
madden (third-person singular simple present maddens, present participle maddening, simple past and past participle maddened)
(transitive) To make angry.
(transitive) To make insane; to inflame with passion.
(intransitive, obsolete) To become furious.
Antonyms
• tranquilize
Anagrams
• Dedman, damned, demand, manded
Proper noun
Madden
A surname.
Anagrams
• Dedman, damned, demand, manded
Source: Wiktionary
Mad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maddened; p. pr. & vb. n. Maddening.]
Definition: To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.
Mad"den, v. i.
Definition: To become mad; to act as if mad. They rave, recite, and madden round the land. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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