Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

madden

/ˈmædən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: mad-den
IPA: /ˈmædən/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To make insane; to inflame with passion.

Transitive verb

verb

To become furious.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns."
"And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂-éye-tider. Proto-Germanic *maidijanąder. Old English *mǣdan Old English ġemǣdan, ġemǣded Middle English mad Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English madden English madden Inherited from Middle English madden. By surface analysis, mad + -en.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Madadháin

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmædən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

maddens (present, singular) maddening (participle, present) maddened (participle, past) maddened (past) Maddens (plural) Maden (alternative)

Derived Forms

maddener

Phrases

Maddens Plains

Synonyms

craze

Homonyms

Madden

Antonyms

tranquilize

Rhymes With

mcfadden haddon hadden gladden sadden fadden mcspadden cadden padden nevadan mcfaddin shadden

Questions

How do you pronounce madden?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmædən/.
What does madden mean?: To make angry.
Where does madden come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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