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madden Definition

mad·den (mad'n)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become mad; make or become insane, angry, etc.

madden Related Forms
mad·den·ing adjective mad·den·ingly adverb
madden Synonyms

madden

v.

craze, infuriate, enrage; see anger 1.

madden Usage Examples

Object

  • beast: But both his balls were powerless, and only served still further to madden the enraged beasts.
  • crowd: She now plays an actress who escapes the maddened crowds to fall into the arms of a bohemian young writer.

Subject

  • attack: Among the reinforcements ordered to replace those killed, wounded and maddened by the bloody attack on Glencorse Copse was Pte.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: This horrific tale is too traumatic to carry on, For the man was so maddened he did not live long.
  • especially: One example which especially maddens me; the slogan of Michael Howard - prison works ( deafening applause ).
  • almost: But the knowledge that I share in the corporate responsibility for it almost maddens me with shame and horror.

Infinitive complement

  • think: It was maddening to think that the hiding-place was on his very lips at the moment that he died.

Preposition: with

  • pain: Maddened with pain the Snake tried every means he could think of to get rid of the creature, but without success.
  • rage: Alby, maddened with rage, believes Suz is under Kalendorf's influence and she must trust him and see Kalendorf as a traitor.

Preposition: by

  • drink: How dreadful it is for men to be quarreling with each other when maddened by drink.
  • attack: Among the reinforcements ordered to replace those killed, wounded and maddened by the bloody attack on Glencorse Copse was Pte.

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