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madden¹

  • /ˈmæd.(ə̯)n̩/

Sounds like Madden · Rhymes with -ædən

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English madden. By surface analysis, mad + -en.

verb maddens · maddening · 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.

Opposite: tranquilize

Madden²

  • /ˈmædən/ US

Sounds like madden · Rhymes with -ædən

Where it comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).

proper noun Maddens · Maden

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish.
  2. countable, uncountable A small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Leake County, Mississippi, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: craze, angrify, anger, kingmake, smite, see red, microsoft, magnetize, inflame, redden, exacerbate, malt, acerbate, mutagenize, mutate, make

verb

Opposite: tranquilize

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verb to make angry

日本語怒らせる okoraseru
Deutschrasend machen, ärgern, fuchsen, auf die Palme bringen
Italianoinfuriare, urtare
Русскийбесить besitʹ, раздражать razdražatʹ, сердить serditʹ, дразнить draznitʹ, злить zlitʹ, действовать на нервы dejstvovatʹ na nervy

verb to make insane

Españolenloquecer
日本語狂わせる kuruwaseru
Portuguêsdeixar louco
Deutschwahnsinnig machen, um den Verstand bringen, verrückt machen
Italianostregare
Ελληνικάτρελαίνω trelaíno

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@misc{madden_2026,
  title = {madden},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/madden},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}