madden
Syllables: mad·den/ˈmæd.(ə̯)n̩/US/ˈmædən/
madden verb: to make angry.
Verb
madden (third-person singular simple present maddens, present participle maddening, simple past and past participle maddened)
- To make angry.
- To make insane; to inflame with passion.
- To become furious.
- 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.1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, published 1898, page 353
- 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!"1870, John O'Hanlon, Irish folk lore, page 71
Proper noun capitalized: Madden
Madden (countable and uncountable, plural Maddens)
- A surname from Irish.
- A small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
- A hamlet in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Leake County, Mississippi, United States.
madden meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
madden in Urdu
- غصہ دلانا, پاگل کر دینا
madden in Bengali
- পাগল করা, ক্ষিপ্ত করা, অত্যন্ত রাগান্বিত করা
madden in Malayalam
- exasperate, infuriate, irritate
- ഭ്രാന്തുപിടിപ്പിക്കുക, പ്രകോപിപ്പിക്കുക, ദേഷ്യം വരുത്തുക, ചിത്തഭ്രമമുണ്ടാക്കുക, ഭ്രാന്താക്കുക, ക്ഷോഭിപ്പിക്കുക
- drive mad, drive insane, derange
- ഭ്രാന്താകുക, ഭ്രാന്തുപിടിക്കുക, ചിത്തഭ്രമം വരുക, ബുദ്ധി താറുമാറാകുക, മതിഭ്രമം ഉണ്ടാകുക, പിരിയിളകുക
madden in Kannada
- ಹುಚ್ಚುಹಿಡಿಸು, ಕೆರಳಿಸು, ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಗೆಬ್ಬಿಸು
Antonyms of madden
Forms of madden
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | maddens |
| present participle | maddening |
| past participle | maddened |
| past | maddened |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Maddens |
| alternative form | Maden |
Origin of madden
Inherited from Middle English madden. By surface analysis, mad + -en.
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).
Words formed from madden
Words that rhyme with madden
Questions about madden
- What does madden mean?
- Madden means to make angry.
- What is madden in Urdu?
- Madden in Urdu is غصہ دلانا, پاگل کر دینا. See Madden meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is madden?
- Madden can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce madden?
- Madden is pronounced /ˈmæd.(ə̯)n̩/.
- What is the past tense of madden?
- The past tense of madden is maddened.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: madden (page history and authors); Madden (page history and authors); madden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Madden (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); madden (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); madden (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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