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Synonyms for madding


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mad-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæd ɪŋ

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Définition of madding

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from obsolete verb mad "to make insane; to become insane" (see madden); now principally in the phrase far from the madding crowd, title of a novel by Hardy (1874), who lifted it from a line of Gray's "Elegy" (1749), which seems to echo a line from Drummond of Hawthornden from 1614 ("Farre from the madding Worldling's hoarse discords").
  • adj frantic
Example sentences :
  • Shut out from the madding crowd, one could breathe in comfort.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • These love not the dhobi, and dwell by preference far from the madding crowd.
  • Extract from : « Birds of the Indian Hills » by Douglas Dewar
  • He said let's take a walk in the moonlight for the air was madding.
  • Extract from : « The Annals of Ann » by Kate Trimble Sharber
  • Each one is likely wondering what the other is doing so far from the madding crowd.
  • Extract from : « At the Age of Eve » by Kate Trimble Sharber
  • He finds Mexico somewhat far from his special "madding crowd."
  • Extract from : « Diplomatic Days » by Edith O'Shaughnessy
  • And the best of all is that here one is "far from the madding crowd."
  • Extract from : « Days in the Open » by Lathan A. Crandall
  • He eschewed the hum of cities and the roar of the ‘madding crowd.’
  • Extract from : « East Anglia » by J. Ewing Ritchie
  • Here are a couple of chairs, and a table, far from the madding crowd.
  • Extract from : « The House by the Lock » by C. N. Williamson
  • They can not see the madding crowd, but they can enjoy the sunshine and hunt mice among the rubbish.
  • Extract from : « My Friend Annabel Lee » by Mary MacLane
  • So far from the madding crowd, so secret and so storm-beaten, it gave evil-doers a sense of security.
  • Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Cornwall » by C. A. Dawson Scott
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