Associations to the word «Madden»

Wiktionary

MADDEN, verb. To make angry.
MADDEN, verb. To make insane; to inflame with passion.
MADDEN, verb. (obsolete) To become furious.
MADDEN, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

MADDEN, verb. Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind.
MADDEN, verb. Drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves.
MADDEN, verb. Make mad; "His behavior is maddening".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats