madden

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone extremely angry, annoyed, or frustrated

   The constant buzzing began to madden everyone in the room.

2. 2
   verb

   to drive someone insane or into a state of wild excitement; often literary

   Grief seemed to madden the isolated king.

From Middle English madden, related to Old English gemaeded 'rendered insane,' the participle of a lost Germanic verb meaning 'make mad or foolish.' The word belongs to the same family as mad and has no connection with the Irish surname Madden.

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