maddened (verb)

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• madden — [[t]mæ̱d(ə)n[/t]] maddens, maddening, maddened VERB To madden a person or animal means to make them very angry. [V n] The swine were maddening farmers by guzzling their lettuces... [V n] He is calmed by a lullaby, but maddened by any sudden loud… …   English dictionary

• madden — verb (maddened; maddening) Date: 1735 intransitive verb to become or act as if mad transitive verb 1. to drive mad ; craze 2. to make intensely angry ; enrage …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• madden — verb 1) what maddens people most is his vagueness Syn: infuriate, exasperate, irritate; incense, anger, enrage, provoke, upset, agitate, vex, irk, make someone s hackles rise, make someone see red; informal aggravate, make someone s blood boil,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• madden — UK [ˈmæd(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms madden : present tense I/you/we/they madden he/she/it maddens present participle maddening past tense maddened past participle maddened to make someone very angry …   English dictionary

• mad|den — «MAD uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make very angry or excited; irritate greatly: »The crowd was maddened by the umpire s decision. SYNONYM(S): enrage, infuriate. 2. to make crazy: »The shipwrecked sailors were nearly maddened by cold and hunger… …   Useful english dictionary

• Mohini — This article is about an avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. For other uses, see Mohini (disambiguation). Mohini A sculpture of an eight armed dancing Mohini at the Hoysaleswara Temple in Halebidu …   Wikipedia

• besom — 1. noun A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft. 2. verb To sweep. Now, in her iceberg white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay… …   Wiktionary

• madden — (v.) to drive to distraction, 1822; earlier to be mad (1735), from MAD (Cf. mad) (adj.) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Maddened; maddening. The earlier verb was simply mad (early 14c., intransitive; late 14c., transitive), from the adjective …   Etymology dictionary

• mad — adjective (madder, maddest) 1》 mentally ill; insane.     ↘extremely foolish or ill advised.     ↘(of a dog) rabid. 2》 informal frenzied; frantic. 3》 informal very enthusiastic about something: [in combination] he s football mad. 4》 informal very… …   English new terms dictionary

• in|fu´ri|a´tion — in|fu|ri|ate «ihn FYUR ee ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. –v.t. to fill with wild, fierce anger; make furious; enrage: »Their insults infuriated him. –adj. excited to fury; full of fury; maddened; enraged: » …   Useful english dictionary

• in|fu´ri|at´ing|ly — in|fu|ri|ate «ihn FYUR ee ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. –v.t. to fill with wild, fierce anger; make furious; enrage: »Their insults infuriated him. –adj. excited to fury; full of fury; maddened; enraged: » …   Useful english dictionary