A dye made from the plant.
Used in a Sentence
madder
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for madder.
Editorial note
As a rule, the madder a person is about some EU regulation, the less likely they are to have read it.
Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A dye made from the plant.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of madder gathered in one view.
A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for madder.
noun
A dye made from the plant.
noun
A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
noun
The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
noun
A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
Example sentences
As a rule, the madder a person is about some EU regulation, the less likely they are to have read it.
Happier at the moment but possibly a lot madder when you find out how terrible the future might become.
I would imagine this would make Jobs a little madder then when ATI revealed information before a keynote.
Even the focus of the article, the 21 million GB claim, tries to stoke up something much madder than what actually happened.
To be honest the last 15 odd years are even madder than the previous 25 and that's just my own personal recollection.
Alternatively we’ll have hyper inflation and they’ll be even madder that all their nominal scrimping and saving was meaningless.
He has done much madder things in recent months and years.
The argument just directly profits the person with the bad idea, and incentivizes them to come up with even worse ideas to make everybody even madder.
This is a bit like mad libs but madder libs.
Yes I get mad at these posts, and then even madder at me for scrolling through the feed in the first place.
If you do work for Amazon, I would suggest this approach is not very good customer relations, it's only going to make people madder.
This article makes me madder by the minute.
Quote examples
“We’ve literally monetized racism so that everybody can be a little bit madder at each other,” Adams said.
Chapman would ask "How can we make this madder?", and then came up with the idea that returning a dead Norwegian Blue parrot to a pet shop might make a more interesting subject than a toaster.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use madder in a sentence?
As a rule, the madder a person is about some EU regulation, the less likely they are to have read it.
What does madder mean?
A dye made from the plant.
What part of speech is madder?
madder is commonly used as noun.