Definizione monolingua

madden

madden (third-person singular simple present maddens, present participle maddening, simple past and past participle maddened)

1. To make angry.
2. To make insane; to inflame with passion.
3. (obsolete) To become furious.
   • 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!^[1], edition 1898 ed., page 353:

     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 childs, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.

   • 1870, John OHanlon, Irish folk lore^[2], page 71:

     And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, "" I wish one end o the hogs puddin was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!""

Definizione dizionario madden

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far impazzire

impazzire

Altri significati:

(obsolete) To become furious.

To make insane; to inflame with passion.

make insane

To make angry.

make angry