Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb madden

3 senses of madden

Sense 1
madden, craze -- (cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind)

Sense 2
madden -- (drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves)
       => torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate -- (treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher")

Sense 3
madden -- (make mad; "His behavior is maddening")
       => anger -- (make angry; "The news angered him")

Antonyms of adj maddened

1 sense of maddened

Sense 1
angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened -- (marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd")

INDIRECT (VIA angry) -> unangry -- (not angry)

Similarity of adj maddened

1 sense of maddened

Sense 1
angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened -- (marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd")
       => angry (vs. unangry) -- (feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers")