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to madding

to madding

9.9
To make someone feel angry or nearly crazy
  • verb
  • /ˈmædɪŋ/
  • Archaic
: enfurecer
  • The continuous mistakes in the project were madding his supervisors.

Examples

  • What I think is especially madding about that is that doctors are never on time.

  • And the thing that's madding about this tragedy is that this is a policy choice.

  • And the thing that's madding about this tragedy is that this is a policy choice.

  • This is a huge like madding problem to debug because it's not reproducible generally.

  • Her constant interruptions during the meeting were becoming madding to him.

  • The delays in the delivery were so madding that he was losing patience.

Synonyms

to drive (someone) crazy
vsto madding
  • Informal
220 3.9

Make someone very annoyed or upset

suggests a more severe mental disturbance and archaic wording
to anger
vsto madding
103 1.0

To make someone very upset or annoyed

is archaic and focuses on extreme mental disturbance and fury
to drive someone crazy
vsto madding
  • Informal
46 3.2

Make someone very annoyed or upset

expresses a stronger, archaic disturbance of the mind
to enrage
vsto madding
27 3.7

To make someone very angry

is archaic literary and adds severe mental disturbance beyond anger
to make one's blood boil
vsto madding
  • Informal
7.0

To cause someone to feel very angry

is archaic literary and often implies deep mental disturbance

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Make a person or animal less upset

372 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

How Angry

to enrage
27 3.7
to madding
  • Archaic
9.9
to anger
103 1.0
to irritate
57 2.9
to annoy
144 1.0

Surface Forms

madd infinitive
madded past
madded past participle
madding present participle
madds third person singular

Morphology

madding = madden (transparent) = madden + ing

The verb form is the present-participle/gerund formation from 'madden' with '-ing', so the relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Madding as a verb also comes from mad and literally means 'making someone mad' or 'driving someone crazy', a use you see in older or literary writing to show extreme anger or disturbance.