madden
verb (used with object)
to anger or infuriate.
maddened
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past participleof madden.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof madden.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
maddenverb (used with object)to anger or infuriate.
Example Sentences
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De Gaulle maddened his British hosts, and particularly Churchill, with his ceaseless complaints and ingratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Except Paul isn’t magic; she waves her red flags high and proud, and the good folks at ABC, Hulu and Disney charged at them with the oblivious desperation of so many trapped, maddened bulls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Local officials around the state say they have been similarly maddened.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
Still, we will almost certainly continue to be fascinated, perplexed and maddened by the “authorship” question, what Stuart Kells grandiosely calls, in the subtitle to “Shakespeare’s Library,” the “greatest mystery in literature.”
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2019
Her betrayal so maddened them, they saw to it that she would suffer forever, even after death.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
