madden to make sb angry or exasperated People who wanted to get rid of old cars sometimes dumped them on the moor , the kind of behaviour that maddened Stephen . " It maddens me the way the county council carry on ".He was very fond of Anna , though she often maddened him . maddened angered; provoked to violent or irrational behaviour As the dragoons beside the cannon prepared to advance , the Highlanders dashed forward and slashed at the horses' noses , which sent the unfortunate animals , maddened with pain , into headlong retreat , scattering the supporting line behind them . The Baltic lay becalmed that day , yet left no doubt that when aroused it could rage like a maddened beast . It was a spectator sport where young men would show their courage by standing in the path of the maddened bull and then leaping side at the last moment .