madden Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
    craze.
  2. verb drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
  3. verb make mad
    • His behavior is maddening

WordNet

Mad"den transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Maddened ; present participle & verbal noun Maddening
Definitions
  1. To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.
Mad"den intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become mad; to act as if mad.
    They rave, recite, and madden round the land. Pope.

Webster 1913