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Madden

verb

(past & past part. maddened; pres. part. maddening)

Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind. Synonym: craze.

Drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves.

Make mad.

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"Madden" Quotes from Famous Books

... slayer met together, He waited the death-stroke there in his place, With thoughts of death, in the lovely weather, Gapingly mazed at my madden'd face. ...

— The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems • William Morris

... next five minutes passed, and again the suspense began to madden her. The space in the corridor grew too confined for the illimitable restlessness that possessed her limbs. She went down into the hall again, and circled round and round it like a wild creature in a cage. At the third turn, she felt something moving softly ...

— Armadale • Wilkie Collins

... still the irresponsible power, Using the madden'd populace as hounds, To hunt down freedom where she seeks retreat. The ancient history becomes the new— The ages move in circles, and the snake Ends ever with his tail in his own mouth. Thus still ...

— War Poetry of the South • Various

... Gast. Star-madden'd! What is this in earth and women That pricks thee into wrath against the wolves? Do I not fight for women too? But I For what is certain in them, not ...

— Emblems Of Love • Lascelles Abercrombie

... his worn armchair and stared into the unlighted grate. His wife came behind him and laid a white hand upon his forehead; but her touch seemed to madden him, and ...

— The Altar Steps • Compton MacKenzie

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