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maddened

[mad-n]

mad·den

[mad-n]
verb (used with object)
1.
to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
2.
to make insane.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become mad; act as if mad; rage.

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Maddened is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1725–35; mad + -en1

un·mad·dened, adjective


1. provoke, enrage, anger, inflame; exasperate, irritate, vex, annoy.


1. calm, mollify.

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maddened

adjective
marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd" [syn: angered
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