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Meaning of MADDEN

Pronunciation:  'madn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  make mad; "His behavior is maddening"
  2. [v]  drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
  3. [v]  cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
 
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 Synonyms: craze
 
 See Also: anger, bedevil, crucify, derange, dun, frustrate, rag, torment, unbalance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Mad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maddened}; p. pr. & vb.
    n. {Maddening}.]
    To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite
    violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.
    
  2. \Mad"den\, v. i.
    To become mad; to act as if mad.
          They rave, recite, and madden round the land. --Pope.
    
 
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