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maddened

maddened is the simple past and past participle of madden.

Meaning of madden

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.
    • 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

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Forms of maddened

comparativemore maddened
superlativemost maddened

Words formed from maddened

Questions about maddened

What is maddened the simple past and past participle of?
Maddened is the simple past and past participle of madden.

Words near maddened in the dictionary

  1. maddale
  2. madded
  3. Maddela
  4. madden
  5. Madden-Julian oscillation
  6. maddened
  7. maddener
  8. maddeners
  9. maddenest
  10. maddeneth
  11. maddening

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