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mad·den
(măd′n)v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens
v.tr.
1. To make angry; irritate.
2. To cause (someone) to go mad; drive to madness.
v.intr.
To become infuriated.
mad′den·ing·ly adv.
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madden
(ˈmædən)vb
to make or become mad or angry
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mad•den
(ˈmæd n)v.t.
1. to anger intensely; infuriate.
2. to make insane.
v.i. 3. to become mad.
[1725–35]
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madden
Past participle: maddened
Gerund: maddening
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Verb | 1. | madden - cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind |
2. | madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves | |
3. | madden - make mad; "His behavior is maddening" anger - make angry; "The news angered him" |
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madden
verb infuriate, irritate, incense, enrage, upset, provoke, annoy, aggravate (informal), gall, craze, inflame, exasperate, vex, unhinge, drive you crazy, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), drive you round the bend (Brit. slang), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo slang), drive you to distraction (informal), get your goat (slang), drive you round the twist (Brit. slang), get your dander up (informal), make your hackles rise, raise your hackles, drive you off your head (slang), drive you out of your mind, get your back up, get your hackles up, make you see red (informal), put your back up It is close in here and the clock ticks to madden me.
calm, soothe, appease, pacify, mollify
calm, soothe, appease, pacify, mollify
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madden
verb1. To cause to feel or show anger:
Idioms: make one hot under the collar, make one's blood boil, put one's back up.
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Translations
يُجَنِّن
dohnat k šílenstvírozzuřit
gøre rasendeophidse
megőrjítvadít
gera bálreiîan/brjálaîan
dohnať k zúrivosti
çıldır makdelir mek
madden
[ˈmædn] VT (= infuriate) → enfurecer, sacar de quicio; (= make demented) → enloquecerit maddens me → me pone furioso, me enfurece, me saca de quicio
a maddened bull → un toro enloquecido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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madden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mad
(mӕd) adjective1. mentally disturbed or insane. Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.
2. (sometimes with at or with) very angry. She was mad at me for losing my keys.
3. (with about) having a great liking or desire for. I'm just mad about Harry.
ˈmadly adverbˈmadness noun
ˈmadden verb
to make mad or very angry. The animal was maddened by the pain.
ˈmaddening adjective likely to cause anger. maddening delays.
ˈmaddeningly adverbˈmadman – plural ˈmadmen: feminine ˈmadwoman – plural ˈmadwomen – noun
a person who is insane. He drove/fought like a madman.
mad ˈcow disease noun a fatal disease of cattle, which can affect also humans who eat meat from infected cattle.
like mad wildly, desperately, very quickly etc. struggling/trying/running like mad.
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