Meanings
adjectivemaddened (comparative more maddened, superlative most maddened)
comparative more maddened · superlative most maddened
- Insane.
According to legend, Dymphna was a 7th-century Irish princess who fled to Geel from a maddened father and devoted her life to serving the mentally disabled.
2016 July 1, Angus Chen, “For Centuries, A Small Town Has Embraced Strangers With Mental Illness”, in NPR, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2017
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of madden
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by extreme anger
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Germanic*ga-
- Proto-West Germanic*ga-
- Old Englishġe-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*moyth₂-éye-ti
- Proto-Germanic*maidijaną
- Old English*mǣdan
- Old Englishġemǣdan, ġemǣded
- Middle Englishmad
- Middle Englishmadden
- Englishmadden
- Englishmaddened
Cite this entry
APA
maddened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maddened
MLA
“maddened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maddened. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maddened,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maddened.
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