Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make angry.

    rasend machen, ärgern, fuchsen

    беситьbesitʹ, раздражатьrazdražatʹ, сердитьserditʹ

    make mad

  2. (transitive)To make insane; to inflame with passion.

    wahnsinnig machen, um den Verstand bringen, verrückt machen

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To become furious.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. These brain teasers are maddening. I can't figure out any of them!

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  2. This continues to be maddening.

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  3. Her indecision is truly maddening.

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  4. His lack of self-awareness was sublime. That could be either endearing or maddening.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make angry:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make angry:
to make insane:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

maddens, maddening, maddened, maddened
Base formmadden · to madden
3rd person singularmaddens
Present participlemaddening
Past simplemaddened
Past participlemaddened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymadden
he, she, itmaddens

Past simpleLesson

all personsmaddened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave maddened
he, she, ithas maddened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill madden

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind:craze

Antonyms

1 antonyms
tranquilizeC2

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmaddener

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
madA2madamB2MadameB2maddermademoiselle
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