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/ ˈmæd ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective acting madly or senselessly; insane; frenzied: a quiet place far from the madding crowd.
making mad: a madding grief.
Origin of madding 1300–50; Middle English. See mad (v.), -ing2
Words nearby madding madden, maddening, madder, madder family, madder lake, madding , maddish, mad-dog, mad-dog skullcap, Maddux, made
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Example sentences from the Web for madding Exit the fellow traveler, looking for a movie far from the madding goons at Winterland.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band | Grover Lewis| March 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
These love not the dhobi, and dwell by preference far from the madding crowd.
Birds of the Indian Hills | Douglas Dewar
If you do not go very soon, I shall probably see you somewhere far from the madding crowd.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 | Elizabeth Bisland
"Weatherbury" is a most interesting place, although somewhat altered since Far from the Madding Crowd was penned.
The Heart of Wessex | Sidney Heath
Brooke House lay out of the way of the "madding crowd," and there his friends would have time to arrange things for him.
Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) | George Jacob Holyoake
There is many a nook and cranny behind the ever changing sand dunes where one can get away from the “madding crowd.”
The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht | Margaret Love Sanderson
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British Dictionary definitions for madding adjective archaic acting or behaving as if mad the madding crowd
making mad; maddening
Derived forms of madding maddingly , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to madding agitated, angry, berserk, beside oneself, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, fraught, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered, hot under the collar, hysterical, insane, mad, out of control