Madden
verb
To make someone very angry or annoyed.
The constant noise is enough to madden anyone.
Often appears as...
- madden someone
- madden by noise
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Disapproving
verb
To make someone insane or crazy.
Years of solitude had maddened him and he began talking to himself
Often appears as...
- maddened by solitude
- maddened with grief
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Disapproving
Literary
verb
To make someone very angry or annoyed.
The constant noise is enough to madden anyone.
Often appears as...
- madden someone
- madden by noise
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make someone insane or crazy.
Years of solitude had maddened him and he began talking to himself
Often appears as...
- maddened by solitude
- maddened with grief
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Anger
Madden suggests a very strong reaction, more than simple annoyance.
His dismissive remarks were enough to madden her.
Pro Tip 2/3Situational Usage
Commonly used when repeated actions or persistent situations cause anger.
The constant delays started to madden the customers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physically Harmful
Madden is about emotional effect, not physical harm.
The screeching sound didn't hurt him, but it would madden him.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Anger
Madden suggests a very strong reaction, more than simple annoyance.
His dismissive remarks were enough to madden her.
Pro Tip 2/3Situational Usage
Commonly used when repeated actions or persistent situations cause anger.
The constant delays started to madden the customers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physically Harmful
Madden is about emotional effect, not physical harm.
The screeching sound didn't hurt him, but it would madden him.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Anger
Madden suggests a very strong reaction, more than simple annoyance.
His dismissive remarks were enough to madden her.
Pro Tip 2/3Situational Usage
Commonly used when repeated actions or persistent situations cause anger.
The constant delays started to madden the customers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physically Harmful
Madden is about emotional effect, not physical harm.
The screeching sound didn't hurt him, but it would madden him.
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Titan of terror: the...
Or the blind, idiot god Azathoth, whose destructive impulses are stalled only by the “maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.” These beings exist beyond our conceptions of reality, their true forms as inscrutable as their motives.
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Why do we itch? - Emma...
like a harmful sting, a biting insect, or the tendrils of a poisonous plant. This might explain why we don't feel itching inside our bodies, like in our intestines, which is safe from these external threats, though imagine how maddening that would be.
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Your elusive creative...
But the question that I kind of want to pose is -- you know, why not? Why not think about it this way? Because it makes as much sense as anything else I have ever heard in terms of explaining the utter maddening capriciousness of the creative process.
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Aja Monet and phillip...
Maddened by survival, I gravitated inwards towards books, poems and my brother's hand-me-down Walkman. I saw train-station theater, subwoofing streets and hood murals. In high school, I found a community of metaphor magicians and truth-telling poets
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Why should you read...
Like the critical speculation and maddening plot, their language often goes in circles as the two bicker and banter, lose their train of thought, and pick up right where they left We could start all over again perhaps That should be easy
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How we must respond to...
because they did such a good job on testing. Testing and containment. That's why it's so maddening to me that government is not allocating the testing to where it's needed, and maybe that will have to happen at the state level,
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The myth of Pandora’s...
and why was it in her care? Her fingers itched to pry it open. Sometimes she was convinced she heard voices whispering and the contents rattling around inside, as if straining to be free. Its enigma became maddening.
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Ice Trek Meets Polar...
archipelago lands seductively close and yet maddeningly difficult to get to the the polar oceans started melting off and get apart and we had to fight very difficult sections like we had a lot of currents we were
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The history of human...
a feeling of maddening dissatisfaction said to blow in from the great plains. The most recent developments in cognitive science show that emotions are not simple reflexes, but immensely complex, elastic systems
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Dame Stephanie Shirley:...
And software was and still is a maddeningly hard-to-control activity, so that was enormously valuable. We used the standards ourselves, we were even paid to update them over the years,
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Titan of terror: the...
Or the blind, idiot god Azathoth, whose destructive impulses are stalled only by the “maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.” These beings exist beyond our conceptions of reality, their true forms as inscrutable as their motives.
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Why do we itch? - Emma...
like a harmful sting, a biting insect, or the tendrils of a poisonous plant. This might explain why we don't feel itching inside our bodies, like in our intestines, which is safe from these external threats, though imagine how maddening that would be.
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Your elusive creative...
But the question that I kind of want to pose is -- you know, why not? Why not think about it this way? Because it makes as much sense as anything else I have ever heard in terms of explaining the utter maddening capriciousness of the creative process.
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Aja Monet and phillip...
Maddened by survival, I gravitated inwards towards books, poems and my brother's hand-me-down Walkman. I saw train-station theater, subwoofing streets and hood murals. In high school, I found a community of metaphor magicians and truth-telling poets
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Why should you read...
Like the critical speculation and maddening plot, their language often goes in circles as the two bicker and banter, lose their train of thought, and pick up right where they left We could start all over again perhaps That should be easy
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How we must respond to...
because they did such a good job on testing. Testing and containment. That's why it's so maddening to me that government is not allocating the testing to where it's needed, and maybe that will have to happen at the state level,
Video examples
The myth of Pandora’s...
and why was it in her care? Her fingers itched to pry it open. Sometimes she was convinced she heard voices whispering and the contents rattling around inside, as if straining to be free. Its enigma became maddening.
Video examples
Ice Trek Meets Polar...
archipelago lands seductively close and yet maddeningly difficult to get to the the polar oceans started melting off and get apart and we had to fight very difficult sections like we had a lot of currents we were
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The history of human...
a feeling of maddening dissatisfaction said to blow in from the great plains. The most recent developments in cognitive science show that emotions are not simple reflexes, but immensely complex, elastic systems
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Dame Stephanie Shirley:...
And software was and still is a maddeningly hard-to-control activity, so that was enormously valuable. We used the standards ourselves, we were even paid to update them over the years,
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Jeffrey Eugenides
American Novelist
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.
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Jarvis Cocker
English Musician
Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.
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James Redfield
American Author
What I need in order to stay creative and centered is a certain amount of distance from the maddening crowd. You cease to be your best self if you're running too fast.
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Chris Crutcher
American Novelist
As much as we'd like to think life is sacred, there's not a lot of evidence for that. The universe is maddeningly casual, giving and taking it.
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Fred Melamed
American Actor
It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year.
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Florence Nightingale
English Activist
The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
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Joan D. Vinge
American Author
The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.
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Michael Reagan
American Entertainer
Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.
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Darius Rucker
American Musician
Golf is the greatest but most maddening sport there is.
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Maggie Siff
American Actress
A day on a film set is maddening.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
American Novelist
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.
Quote examples
Jarvis Cocker
English Musician
Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.
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James Redfield
American Author
What I need in order to stay creative and centered is a certain amount of distance from the maddening crowd. You cease to be your best self if you're running too fast.
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Chris Crutcher
American Novelist
As much as we'd like to think life is sacred, there's not a lot of evidence for that. The universe is maddeningly casual, giving and taking it.
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Fred Melamed
American Actor
It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year.
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Florence Nightingale
English Activist
The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
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Joan D. Vinge
American Author
The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time.
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Michael Reagan
American Entertainer
Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.
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Darius Rucker
American Musician
Golf is the greatest but most maddening sport there is.
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Maggie Siff
American Actress
A day on a film set is maddening.
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