madden

verbattested in dialogue

United States//ˈmædən//

To make angry.

verb

1
To make angry.
2
To make insane; to inflame with passion.
3
obsoleteTo 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.
And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"

Etymology

From mad + -en.

Forms

past tense: maddened
past participle: maddened
present participle: maddening
third person singular: maddens

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madden · To make angry.

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