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单词 madden
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madden
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Use the verb madden when something exasperates you or drives you up a wall. Terrible traffic when you're late for an appointment is sure to madden you.
If something makes you mad or gets on your nerves, it maddens you. If your dogs tend to madden you, it means that they drive you crazy. When you madden your dogs, you get them so riled up that they run around the house barking. The earliest use of the verb was literally "to make mad or insane," though by the early 1800's it meant "to drive to distraction."
WORD FAMILY
madden: maddened, maddening, maddens+/maddening: maddeningly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Few places are as maddening, as beautiful and mysterious, as mystical.
New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)
Mike Madden, the father of one victim, learned that his son, Griffin, was dead a week later.
Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016)
On the night of the Oakland fire, Griffin Madden arrived at the Ghost Ship with his best friend from college, David Cline.
New York Times(Dec 22, 2016)
1
v make mad
His behavior is maddening
Hyper
anger
make angry
2
1v cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
Syn|Hypo
craze
derange, unbalance
derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane
2v drive up the wall; get on someone's nerves
Hyper
bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment
treat cruelly
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