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Antagonise vs Madden - What's the difference?

antagonise | madden | Related terms |

Antagonise is a related term of madden.


As a verb antagonise

is .

As a proper noun madden is

.

antagonise

English

Verb

  • madden

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make angry.
  • To make insane; to inflame with passion.
  • (obsolete) To become furious.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1855, title=Westward Ho!, author=Charles Kingsley citation
  • , passage=The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened , his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1870, title=Irish folk lore, author=John O'Hanlon, page=71 citation
  • , passage=And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"}}