Mad \Mad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Madded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Madding}.] To make mad or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. --Shak.
Madding \Mad"ding\, a. Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- {Mad"ding*ly}, adv. [Archaic]
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. --Milton.
Mulhouse, a quiet town in southern Alsace where the Opera du Rhin has just been presenting Martinu's The Greek Passion, is far from the madding cry of international opera.
The atmosphere was electric, partly because of the music thumping out of the sound system but also because of the enthusiasm the madding crowd expressed for the extraordinary display of objects collected by the astute singer over the past 20 years.