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单词 madden
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Definition of madden in English:

madden

verb ˈmad(ə)nˈmædn
[with object]
  • 1Drive (someone or something) insane.

    the tribe say that millet was discovered by a woman maddened by famine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the novel's protagonist Janie is wounded in a fight to the death with her lover Tea Cake who, maddened by rabies, bites her arm and draws blood.
    • You have killed Lokath; maddened Syrah; and nearly murdered the sole ruler of all Arsinuae.
    • The amount of fear she had maddened her, she had to finish this, even if her life was in danger.
    • JunoFest organizers have been busy like honey maddened bees labouring to bring you, faithful reader, the music you deserve.
    • So come, darling, with your beauty that maddens us, and you, Praxinoa, roast the nuts for our breakfast.
    • The dragon pitched to the ground, injured and maddened by the hail of darts that kept piercing it, relentlessly.
    • Like an elephant beset by bees, or the straw that broke the camel's back, this week's swarm of small irritating things could madden even tolerant Taurans.
    • Living in that vile woman's grasp, it was like being watched by a vigilant, maddened cat, always with the claws out, ready to pounce on us.
    • He was clearly maddened with anger, and no one was about to interfere.
    • The French responded by dismounting most of their knights at Agincourt to prevent their horses being maddened by arrows, but here too the result was the same.
    • Four times in three winters during the late 1990s, several hundred elk charged I - 70, maddened by starvation.
    • Rather than directly answering her questions, however, he almost maddens his listener by insisting upon telling Jane her own story, the story of the governess who left.
    • Tragedy and romance have never been so irresistibly entwined: the beautiful young queen, maddened by grief, hastening to join her dead lover, Mark Antony, through the kiss of an asp.
    • She had to wonder whether food deprivation had maddened her slightly.
    • They were animals; maddened beasts with mischief on their minds.
    • Brooke replied, a little quieter than before, as if being intimidated by his sudden firm and maddened notion.
    • It had fallen from its chain that hung around her neck as her assailant lashed out against her in a maddened frenzy.
    • Her dark eyes were maddened, her hair a fiery torch around her ghostly white face.
    • Everything appears brazen and hard and mighty, suggestive of Angelo's own throbbing spirit and maddened soul.
    • The soldiers were maddened by thirst, and their torment was increased by the image of a lake - their first experience of the illusion of a mirage.
    Synonyms
    drive mad, drive insane, derange, unhinge, unbalance
    informal drive someone off their head, drive round the bend
    1. 1.1 Make (someone) extremely annoyed.
      this is ridiculous, he told her, maddened by her reaction
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The striker was maddened that Rangers were creating plenty of chances but not converting them into goals, and the player backed himself to be able to solve the problem.
      • She lay as still as she could so as not to madden her captors.
      • If he was able to slip out the back exit with a few of the temps and part-timers, he would hustle to his car, hoping to beat the worst of rush-hour traffic, for nothing maddened him like traffic jams, especially on his own time.
      • His family is maddened by his indifference to the bridal candidates they present to him.
      • Damien maddens me so much it is a wonder why I haven't spontaneously combusted.
      • His refusal to lead in the traditional sense created a powerful organization - but it also maddened people desperate for guidance and caused meetings to drag on into the night.
      • I was so maddened by this disc I almost decided not to review it or to recommend no one buy it.
      • Or was the story so nearly true it maddened them into losing all sense of proportion?
      • It was not the wild, unseasonal weather which maddened our professional turtle-watchers, however.
      • We all need the sustenance of classic and art films that madden, provoke, disturb and challenge us - at least until they come out with the Star Wars II DVD.
      • Chairperson Drennan: ‘It maddens me the way the county council carry on.’
      • I will be in DC that day, or I would probably show up and sulk, maddened there were no women on the panel and annoyed at myself for caring.
      • This is by no means the only matter that manages to madden him.
      • When he went there, Chesebrough noticed that roughnecks who worked the rigs were maddened by a gelatinous black gunk that clogged up their drills.
      • What maddened her most though, was how when she yelled all this at the young boy, Jude would only smile, tip his hat at both ladies, and shout, ‘So long, Miss Ingrid and good-bye Miss Crewe!’
      • If anything, all this was a mere irritation, no need to become overly maddened.
      • What maddens me about this book is probably exactly what will make millions of readers adore it.
      • It maddened her tremendously that they should all be mockingly jealous of Earl Mowbray's betrothed.
      • The more complicated your life gets, the more people you interact with on a daily basis, the more incidents occur that can irritate, annoy, incense, madden, infuriate and enrage.
      • Where Nira and Honey had gotten such expensive things, she never asked, lest she madden them.
      Synonyms
      infuriate, exasperate, irritate
      incense, anger, enrage, send into a rage, inflame, annoy, provoke, upset, agitate, vex, irk, pique, gall, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, make someone's blood boil, make someone see red, get someone's back up
      informal aggravate, bug, get up someone's nose, make livid
      British informal nark

Rhymes

Abaddon, gladden, gladdon, Ibadan, sadden
 
 

Definition of madden in US English:

madden

verbˈmædnˈmadn
[with object]
  • 1Make (someone) extremely irritated or annoyed.

    the audacity of the convicts maddened the governor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What maddens me about this book is probably exactly what will make millions of readers adore it.
    • It maddened her tremendously that they should all be mockingly jealous of Earl Mowbray's betrothed.
    • The striker was maddened that Rangers were creating plenty of chances but not converting them into goals, and the player backed himself to be able to solve the problem.
    • Damien maddens me so much it is a wonder why I haven't spontaneously combusted.
    • If anything, all this was a mere irritation, no need to become overly maddened.
    • Chairperson Drennan: ‘It maddens me the way the county council carry on.’
    • Or was the story so nearly true it maddened them into losing all sense of proportion?
    • I will be in DC that day, or I would probably show up and sulk, maddened there were no women on the panel and annoyed at myself for caring.
    • Where Nira and Honey had gotten such expensive things, she never asked, lest she madden them.
    • If he was able to slip out the back exit with a few of the temps and part-timers, he would hustle to his car, hoping to beat the worst of rush-hour traffic, for nothing maddened him like traffic jams, especially on his own time.
    • We all need the sustenance of classic and art films that madden, provoke, disturb and challenge us - at least until they come out with the Star Wars II DVD.
    • His refusal to lead in the traditional sense created a powerful organization - but it also maddened people desperate for guidance and caused meetings to drag on into the night.
    • She lay as still as she could so as not to madden her captors.
    • His family is maddened by his indifference to the bridal candidates they present to him.
    • The more complicated your life gets, the more people you interact with on a daily basis, the more incidents occur that can irritate, annoy, incense, madden, infuriate and enrage.
    • What maddened her most though, was how when she yelled all this at the young boy, Jude would only smile, tip his hat at both ladies, and shout, ‘So long, Miss Ingrid and good-bye Miss Crewe!’
    • This is by no means the only matter that manages to madden him.
    • I was so maddened by this disc I almost decided not to review it or to recommend no one buy it.
    • It was not the wild, unseasonal weather which maddened our professional turtle-watchers, however.
    • When he went there, Chesebrough noticed that roughnecks who worked the rigs were maddened by a gelatinous black gunk that clogged up their drills.
    Synonyms
    infuriate, exasperate, irritate
    1. 1.1often as adjective maddened Drive (someone) insane.
      a maddened crowd
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like an elephant beset by bees, or the straw that broke the camel's back, this week's swarm of small irritating things could madden even tolerant Taurans.
      • Brooke replied, a little quieter than before, as if being intimidated by his sudden firm and maddened notion.
      • Tragedy and romance have never been so irresistibly entwined: the beautiful young queen, maddened by grief, hastening to join her dead lover, Mark Antony, through the kiss of an asp.
      • Living in that vile woman's grasp, it was like being watched by a vigilant, maddened cat, always with the claws out, ready to pounce on us.
      • She had to wonder whether food deprivation had maddened her slightly.
      • The soldiers were maddened by thirst, and their torment was increased by the image of a lake - their first experience of the illusion of a mirage.
      • He was clearly maddened with anger, and no one was about to interfere.
      • In Their Eyes Were Watching God, the novel's protagonist Janie is wounded in a fight to the death with her lover Tea Cake who, maddened by rabies, bites her arm and draws blood.
      • The amount of fear she had maddened her, she had to finish this, even if her life was in danger.
      • Four times in three winters during the late 1990s, several hundred elk charged I - 70, maddened by starvation.
      • You have killed Lokath; maddened Syrah; and nearly murdered the sole ruler of all Arsinuae.
      • Everything appears brazen and hard and mighty, suggestive of Angelo's own throbbing spirit and maddened soul.
      • Her dark eyes were maddened, her hair a fiery torch around her ghostly white face.
      • The dragon pitched to the ground, injured and maddened by the hail of darts that kept piercing it, relentlessly.
      • JunoFest organizers have been busy like honey maddened bees labouring to bring you, faithful reader, the music you deserve.
      • They were animals; maddened beasts with mischief on their minds.
      • It had fallen from its chain that hung around her neck as her assailant lashed out against her in a maddened frenzy.
      • Rather than directly answering her questions, however, he almost maddens his listener by insisting upon telling Jane her own story, the story of the governess who left.
      • The French responded by dismounting most of their knights at Agincourt to prevent their horses being maddened by arrows, but here too the result was the same.
      • So come, darling, with your beauty that maddens us, and you, Praxinoa, roast the nuts for our breakfast.
      Synonyms
      drive mad, drive insane, derange, unhinge, unbalance
 
 
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