madding
/ˈmadɪŋ
/adjective literary
1Acting madly; frenzied: observe the madding motion of his eyes...
- In the case of the 3G auctions, the mania induced them to jump in with the madding crowd and ignore risk-averse, time tested investment disciplines.
- During the madding pace of the night, Father De La Cruz managed to slip into the hotel unnoticed.
- Locations vary from those bang in the centre of towns, to rural retreats far from the madding office.
2Maddening: o thou cruel of heart, thou madding worker of anguish...
- Really, one must either laugh or cry or run far from this madding mess.
- Because her poems are not strained or contrived they are devoid of the madding pursuit of the intellect or craft, which kills many of our modern poets and their poetry.
Phrases
far from the madding crowd