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Mad \Mad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Madding.]
To make mad or furious; to madden.
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Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
It would have madded me. --Shak.
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Madding \Mad"ding\, a.
Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly,
adv. [Archaic]
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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
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The madding wheels
Of brazen chariots raged. --Milton.
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mad
adj 1: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain;
"she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at
his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, sore]
2: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
[syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed,
sick, unbalanced, unhinged]
3: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: delirious, excited,
frantic, unrestrained]
4: very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind
the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge
between two mountains" [syn: harebrained, insane]
[also: madding, madded, maddest, madder]
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madding
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Mad \Mad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Madding.]
To make mad or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would
have madded me. --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Madding \Mad"ding\, a.
Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly,
adv. [Archaic]
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. --Milton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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