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madden en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• măd′(ə)n
• /ˈmæd.(ə̯)n̩/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂-éye-tider. Proto-Germanic *maidijanąder. Old English *mǣdan Old English ġemǣdan, ġemǣded Middle English mad Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English madden English madden Inherited from Middle English madden. By surface analysis, mad + -en.

Meanings

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:
   • 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:

Forms

Antonyms

tranquilize

Deriveds

maddener

Translations (28)

ru дразнить (to make angry) · hy խենթացնել (to make insane) · eo kolerigi (to make angry) · it infuriare (to make angry) · ru бесить (to make angry) · ru действовать на нервы (to make angry) · bg дразня (to make angry) · de auf die Palme bringen (to make angry) · bg вбесявам (to make angry) · el τρελαίνω (to make insane) · de fuchsen (to make angry) · de um den Verstand bringen (to make insane) · ru злить (to make angry) · it stregare (to make insane) · es enloquecer (to make insane) · eo frenezigi (to make insane) · ru разъярать (to make angry) · pt deixar louco (to make insane) · de rasend machen (to make angry) · it urtare (to make angry) · ja 狂わせる (to make insane) · de wahnsinnig machen (to make insane) · de ärgern (to make angry) · ja 怒らせる (to make angry) · ru раздражать (to make angry) · ru сердить (to make angry) · de verrückt machen (to make insane) · bg подлудявам (to make insane)