1.
[syn: madden, craze]
2. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves;
3. make mad;
- Example: "His behavior is maddening"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Madden \Mad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maddened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Maddening.]
1. To make mad; to drive to madness; to drive to insanity; to
craze.
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2. To make very angry; to enrage; to excite violently with
passion.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Madden \Mad"den\, v. i.
To become mad; to act as if mad.
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They rave, recite, and madden round the land. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
madden
v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden,
craze]
2: drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
3: make mad; "His behavior is maddening"