Past tense of madden
regular verb
The past tense of madden is maddened. The past participle is also maddened.
Forms of madden
| Base form (V1) | madden /ˈmæd.(ə̯)n̩/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | maddened |
| Past participle (V3) | maddened |
| Present participle | maddening /ˈmædənɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | maddens |
Maddened in a sentence
- TMA people are maddened from multiple angles, complex motivations, intentions, and needs flattened into impenetrable problems for disposal.2025 May, [sarah] Cavar, “Access Fictions: Clarity, Violence, and the Promise of transMad Opacity”, in Transgender Studies Quarterly…. From the entry TMA
- Man feels maddened by his pent-uppness, & woman seems to understand that a rightwise man's cruel-fain-th is part of his hunger for women.2006, Percy Grainger David Pear, Mark Carroll, edited by Malcolm Gillies, Self-portrait of Percy Grainger, page 167. From the entry rightwise
Meaning of madden
- verb To make angry.
- verb To make insane; to inflame with passion.
- verb To become furious.
Questions about the past tense of madden
- What is the past tense of madden?
- The past tense of madden is maddened.
- What is the past participle of madden?
- The past participle of madden is maddened.
- Is madden a regular or irregular verb?
- Madden is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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