name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
madden
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈmædən/
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homophone: madden
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rhymes with -ædən
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homophone: Madden
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place name:
A small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
A place name:
A hamlet in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Leake County, Mississippi, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To make angry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To make insane; to inflame with passion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To become furious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
make mad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His behavior is maddening
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anger
verb
Meaning 9
drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
verb
Meaning 10
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: craze
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: unbalance, derange
History
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).
From mad + -en.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дразня (draznja) — make angry
- Bulgarian: вбесявам (vbesjavam) — make angry
- Esperanto: kolerigi — make angry
- German: rasend machen — make angry
- German: ärgern — make angry
- German: fuchsen — make angry
- German: auf die Palme bringen — make angry
- Italian: infuriare — make angry
- Italian: urtare — make angry
- Japanese: 怒らせる (okoraseru) — make angry
- Russian: бесить (besitʹ) — make angry
- Russian: раздражать (razdražatʹ) — make angry
- Russian: сердить (serditʹ) — make angry
- Russian: дразнить (draznitʹ) — make angry
- Russian: злить (zlitʹ) — make angry
- Russian: действовать на нервы (dejstvovatʹ na nervy) — make angry
- Russian: разъярать (razʺjaratʹ) — make angry
- Armenian: խենթացնել (xentʻacʻnel) — make insane
- Bulgarian: подлудявам (podludjavam) — make insane
- Esperanto: frenezigi — make insane
- German: wahnsinnig machen — make insane
- German: um den Verstand bringen — make insane
- German: verrückt machen — make insane
- Greek: τρελαίνω (trelaíno) — make insane
- Italian: stregare — make insane
- Japanese: 狂わせる (kuruwaseru) — make insane
- Portuguese: deixar louco — make insane
- Spanish: enloquecer — make insane
Real reading context