Antonyms for madded


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mad
Phonetic Transcription : mæd


Definition of madded

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Old English gemædde (plural) "out of one's mind" (usually implying also violent excitement), also "foolish, extremely stupid," earlier gemæded "rendered insane," past participle of a lost verb *gemædan "to make insane or foolish," from Proto-Germanic *ga-maid-jan, demonstrative form of *ga-maid-az "changed (for the worse), abnormal" (cf. Old Saxon gimed "foolish," Old High German gimeit "foolish, vain, boastful," Gothic gamaiþs "crippled, wounded," Old Norse meiða "to hurt, maim"), from intensive prefix *ga- + PIE *moito-, past participle of root *mei- "to change" (cf. Latin mutare "to change," mutuus "done in exchange," migrare "to change one's place of residence;" see mutable).
  • Emerged in Middle English to replace the more usual Old English word, wod (see wood (adj.)). Sense of "beside oneself with excitement or enthusiasm" is from early 14c. Meaning "beside oneself with anger" is attested from early 14c., but deplored by Rev. John Witherspoon (1781) as an Americanism. It now competes in American English with angry for this sense. Of animals, "affected with rabies," from late 13c. Phrase mad as a March hare is attested from 1520s, via notion of breeding season; mad as a hatter is from 1829 as "demented," 1837 as "enraged," according to a modern theory supposedly from erratic behavior caused by prolonged exposure to poison mercuric nitrate, used in making felt hats. For mad as a wet hen see hen. Mad money is attested from 1922; mad scientist is from 1891.
  • As in incense : verb make very angry
Example sentences :
  • I told Josiah what he said about him, for it madded me, but Josiah took it cool.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) » by Various
  • I think to find him all madded up and mortified; but he's strangely cheerful for one who has suffered.
  • Extract from : « Somewhere in Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • That madded him and he went on from bad to worse, swung right out into wickedness.
  • Extract from : « Samantha at Coney Island » by Marietta Holley

Synonyms for madded

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