madden

See also: Madden

English

Etymology

From mad +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmædən/

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• Homophone: Madden
• Rhymes: -ædən

Verb

madden (third-person singular simple present maddens, present participle maddening, simple past and past participle maddened)

1. (transitive) To make angry.
2. (transitive) To make insane; to inflame with passion.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become furious.
   • 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!‎^[1], published 1898, page 353:

     The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.

   • 1870, John O'Hanlon, Irish folk lore‎^[2], page 71:

     And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"

Antonyms

• tranquilize

Translations

make angry

• Bulgarian: дразня (bg) (draznja), вбесявам (bg) (vbesjavam)
• Esperanto: kolerigi
• German: rasend machen , ärgern (de), fuchsen (de), auf die Palme bringen
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} membuat marah
• Italian: infuriare (it), urtare (it)
• Japanese: 怒らせる (okoraseru)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 화나게 하다 (hwanage hada) , ^{(please verify)} 분노시키다 (bunnosikida)
• Russian: бесить (ru) (besitʹ), раздражать (ru) (razdražatʹ), сердить (ru) (serditʹ), дразнить (ru) (draznitʹ), злить (ru) (zlitʹ), действовать на нервы (ru) (dejstvovatʹ na nervy), разъярать (razʺjaratʹ)

make insane

• Armenian: խենթացնել (hy) (xentʻacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: подлудявам (bg) (podludjavam)
• Esperanto: frenezigi
• German: wahnsinnig machen , um den Verstand bringen, verrückt machen
• Greek: τρελαίνω (el) (trelaíno)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menjadikan marah
• Italian: stregare
• Japanese: 狂わせる (kuruwaseru)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미치게 하다 (michige hada)
• Portuguese: deixar louco
• Spanish: enloquecer (es)

Anagrams

• Dedman, damned, demand, manded

Middle English

Alternative forms

• maddyn, mad, madde, made, medd, medde

Etymology

From mad +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmadən/

Verb

madden

1. To be mad or insane; to be afflicted with insanity.
2. To be emotionally overwhelmed or consumed by mood or feelings.
3. To behave idiotically or stupidly; to display stupidity.
4. (rare) To make mad, crazy or insane; to madden.
5. (rare) To emotionally overwhelm.

Conjugation

Conjugation of madden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) madden, madde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	madde	madded
2nd-person singular	maddest	maddedest
3rd-person singular	maddeth	madded
subjunctive singular	madde
imperative singular		—
plural1	madden, madde	maddeden, maddede
imperative plural	maddeth, madde	—
participles	maddynge, maddende	madded, ymadded

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: mad (obsolete)

References

• “mā̆dden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-09.