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I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.
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Meaning of "madder" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MADDER

Old English mædere; related to Middle Dutch mēde, Old Norse mathra.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MADDER

madder  [ˈmædə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MADDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Madder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MADDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Madder

Madder, the common name for the dye plant Rubia tinctorum and its relatives in the genus Rubia, may also refer to: People ▪ Leo Madder, Belgian television actor Places ▪ Madder Cliffs, Antarctica Music ▪ Madder Mortem, Norwegian progressive metal band ▪ Madder Lake, Australian progressive rock band ▪ Madder Rose, New York City-based alternative rock band Other ▪ Even Madder Aunt Maud, character in Philip Ardagh's books 'The Eddie Dickens Trilogy' ▪ Rose madder, red dye or paint made from the pigment Madder Lake, traditionally extracted from the crushed root of Rubia tinctorum...

Definition of madder in the English dictionary

The first definition of madder in the dictionary is any of several rubiaceous plants of the genus Rubia, esp the Eurasian R. tinctoria, which has small yellow flowers and a red fleshy root. Other definition of madder is the root of this plant. Madder is also a dark reddish-purple dye formerly obtained by fermentation of this root; identical to the synthetic dye, alizarin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MADDER


adder
ˈædə
bladder
ˈblædə
cladder
ˈklædə
gadder
ˈɡædə
ladder
ˈlædə
padder
ˈpædə
sadder
ˈsædə
stadda
ˈstædə
stepladder
ˈstɛpˌlædə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MADDER

madam
madame
madarosis
madbrain
madcap
madded
madden
maddening
maddeningly
maddeningness
maddest
madding
maddingly
maddish
made
made dish
made of money
made to measure
made-to-measure
made-to-order

WORDS THAT END LIKE MADDER

accommodation ladder
aerial ladder
air bladder
badder
bidder
bucket ladder
corporate ladder
death adder
extension ladder
fish ladder
gall bladder
gladder
Jacob´s ladder
property ladder
puff adder
rope ladder
salmon ladder
swim bladder
turntable ladder
urinary bladder
wadder

Synonyms and antonyms of madder in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MADDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «madder» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of madder

Translation of «madder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MADDER

Find out the translation of madder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of madder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «madder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

茜草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

madder
570 millions of speakers

English

madder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मजीठ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безумнее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

madder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লতাবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

garance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Madder
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krapp
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アカネ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼭두서니
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Madder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu đỏ để nhuộm lấy trong rể cây đó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாஞ்சிட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Madder
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kızılkök
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

robbia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Marzanna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безумніше
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roibă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ριζάρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meekrap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

galnare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sintere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of madder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MADDER»

The term «madder» is regularly used and occupies the 67.266 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MADDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «madder» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «madder» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about madder

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6 QUOTES WITH «MADDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word madder.
1
Craig Ferguson
I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.
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Margaret Fuller
It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.
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Zell Miller
Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.
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Thomas Otway
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
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Lee Ryan
My perfect girl would be pretty mad, but one you can have a conversation with. No one can be too mad for me, the madder the better. I love a crazy chick!
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Anthony Storr
The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MADDER»

Discover the use of madder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to madder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rose Madder
And he’s getting close. Rosie can feel just how close he is getting... A brilliant dark-hued fable of gender wars, a haunting love story, and a hold-your-breath triumph of suspense, Rose Madder is Stephen King at his electrifying best.
Stephen King, 2010
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Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade
This text examines the history of the ancient Oriental dyestuff madder red which was avidly sought by Europeans and finally cracked by the French in 1760, and it became the main crop in the Caspian Caucasus.
Robert Chenciner, 2003
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The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery, and ...
Here are stories of the weavers and their dreams, the "mules" who move the carpets from place to place, the tradesmen who sell them in the bazaars, and the refugee compelled to trade a carpet he believes contains the soul of his grandmother ...
Brian Murphy, 2006
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Madder N Hell. Org #3: An Alternative History
Who could make such a nightmare become reality? What would motivate them? And, how can they be thwarted in their plans? If the history books, to be written in the future, are determined by the past, then that past is defined by the present.
Lobo, 2008
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My Madder Fatter Diary
In My Madder Fatter Diary, Rae reveals her real-life teenage diary once again, transporting us to a Britain instantly recognisable to those who remember Bryan Adams at the top of the charts and anybody who's been eighteen and agonisingly ...
Rae Earl, 2014
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Happily Ever Madder: Misadventures of a Mad Fat Girl
Diary of a Mad Fat Girl’s plus-sized spitfire Graciela “Ace” Jones returns in a hilarious new adventure from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie McAfee.
Stephanie McAfee, 2012
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Indigo, madder & marigold: a portfolio of colors from ...
How to achieve a full spectrum of hues from just a few dyepots using minimal mordants and a creative approach to dye mixing, overdying, and pH modifications. Includes more than 100 recipes.
Trudy Van Stralen, 1993
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Madder Music
Middle-aged, middle-class writer Bob Swirling copes with his puritanical upbringing, his repressed emotions and hostilities, his lack of self-confidence, and his imagined terminal illness by retreating into the identity of Groucho Marx
Peter De Vries, 1982
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Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism
Features the work of Will Aitken, Stephen Beachy, Jeffery Beam, Stephen Boyer, Tom Cardamone, Sven Davisson, Peter Dubé, Craig L. Gidney, Nicholas Hayes, Trebor Healey, Kevin Killian, Shaun Levin and Rob Stephenson.
Peter Dubé, 2008
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Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet ...
The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent Jad Adams. been rejected.7 Nor was it a matter only of inspiration springing to the page: Dowson used the Alexandrine, a verse form which he admired and knew well from his study of the poets ...
Jad Adams, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MADDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term madder is used in the context of the following news items.
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'It was HRT or Holloway' (From The Northern Echo)
There was only Victoria Wood, but she was doing stuff that was very different from what I wanted to do, because mine was much ruder and much madder at the ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
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The Drive: Traffic Mantra skit strikes chord for frustrated Twin Cities …
She isn't a fan of zipper merging because “people get madder than hell because somebody pulled in front of them.”) Williams, of course, is not ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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Two Arrested In Violent Burbank Home Invasion Robbery Of Elderly …
"The madder he got, the madder I got," Dickinson said revealing her broken collar bone. She says her home is now equipped with a new ... «MyFOXPhilly.com, Jul 15»
4
Police Commissioner Tom Selleck has disgraced his badge!
I'm madder than a school of fish in a California reservoir over the fact that my favorite police commissioner has gone behind our backs and ... «Brooklyn Daily, Jul 15»
5
Making Republicans Mad Is All Part of the Plan to Pass the Iran Deal …
So Obama is talking and talking and talking, and conservative media is getting madder and madder and madder. That tends to unite liberals, ... «UK Progressive Magazine, Jul 15»
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Jenny Eclair talks HRT, stage fright and the perils of facing middle age
... different from what I wanted to do, because mine was much ruder and much madder at the beginning, which is why lots of people didn't like it. «BT.com, Jul 15»
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Flag flap: Rock Hill veteran told to take down flag, apartment relents …
Few things could make the 76-year-old veteran madder than being told by his apartment complex he could not fly the American flag outside his ... «The Herald, Jul 15»
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VIDEO: All the right moves - dancing teachers give Year 11 students …
They just got madder and madder. "I'd say it was mission accomplished to be honest. It was a nice little send off for them. "I can't believe how ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Former Marine busts burglar who broke into his home
That made me ever madder." Sugar Land Police said Richardson Eyabi Ebai broke into Chescheir's garage around the same time Cole ... «News10.net, Jul 15»
10
Big Government, Trivial People
It's already difficult to find anyone who thought banning the flag was a good idea who looks happy at all. Some of them seem madder than ever. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

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