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maddens

maddens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Maddens

Maddens

  1. (plural) plural of Madden

Phrases with maddens

Questions about maddens

What is maddens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Maddens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of madden.
What part of speech is maddens?
Maddens is a proper noun.

Words near maddens in the dictionary

  1. maddenest
  2. maddeneth
  3. maddening
  4. maddeningly
  5. maddeningness
  6. maddens
  7. Maddens Plains
  8. madder
  9. madder family
  10. madder lake
  11. madder lakes

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