madding
Speech parts
1. madding - Adjective
2. madding - Verb
Derived from mad
4. Madding - Proper noun
Meaning
of Mad
Affected with madness; raging; furious.
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Examples
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
I think the woman was born in Far Madding in a thunderstorm. She probably told the thunder to be quiet. It probably did.
Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots ray'd; dire was the noise Of conflict.
And at the heart of Spirits in the Wires are Saskia Madding and Christiana Tree, both of whom are tied to perennial Newford character, the writer Christy Riddell.
A London laundry worker since she was seven, Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan: Far from the Madding Crowd) works long hours as harsh chemicals corrode her lungs.
But really, that aside, I am psyched to appreciate the austere beauty of the city in late winter, far from the madding crowds.