Synonyms of madden

madden

verb

ˈma-dᵊn 

1

as in to bother

to cause to go insane or as if insane

the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bother
• frenzy
• disturb
• confuse
• derange
• unbalance
• distract
• upset
• annoy
• craze
• unsettle
• crack
• unhinge
• loco
• irritate
• unstring
• agitate
• vex
• disquiet
• perturb
• discompose

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothe
• calm
• settle
• relax
• quiet
• tranquillize
• tranquilize

2

as in to infuriate

to make angry

her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriate
• anger
• enrage
• annoy
• outrage
• mad
• irritate
• ire
• rile
• enflame
• steam up
• inflame
• incense
• offend
• aggravate
• tick off
• roil
• vex
• rub the wrong way
• exasperate
• rankle
• provoke
• affront
• pique
• ruffle
• get one's goat
• burn (up)
• nettle
• peeve
• cross
• huff
• embitter
• put out
• miff
• antagonize
• get
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• delight
• gratify
• relieve
• console
• allay
• soothe
• comfort
• assuage
• appease
• placate
• calm
• conciliate
• pacify
• charm
• quiet
• lull
• settle
• disarm
• mollify
• beguile
• captivate
• enchant
• bewitch

Examples of madden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prone to imbibe under pressure, our Hungarian expat celebrity ghost-hunter grows maddened by so many contradictory signals, till he’s thrown in the local drunk tank to sleep it off. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023

But Lear, exhausted by his surroundings and maddened by injustice, resigns to silence. —Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023

Enter Email Sign Up That is exactly what has happened for this mediocre, often maddening Red Sox team. —Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023

Ted seems to be not a character but a kind of powerful infection: his can-do aphorisms, which increase in good-natured absurdity in the course of the season, confuse and madden the dry Londoners. —The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021