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maddening
[ mad-n-ing ]
adjective
- driving to madness or frenzy:
a maddening thirst.
- infuriating or exasperating:
his maddening indifference to my pleas.
- raging; furious:
a maddening wind.
ˈmaddening
/ ˈmædənɪŋ /
adjective
- serving to send mad
- extremely annoying; exasperating
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Derived Forms
- ˈmaddeningly, adverb
- ˈmaddeningness, noun
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Other Words From
- madden·ing·ly adverb
- madden·ing·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maddening1
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Example Sentences
Still, as always, the list has its fair share of maddening snubs, too.
The reason for his crippling indecision is simple as it is maddening, especially if you happen to be married to him.
The process was a maddening tangle of unreliable tracking, delays, and confusion, the family member said.
However maddening this may be, we should beware of going the other way and making everything too plain.
Blockbuster, which will soon shutter completely, was perhaps the most maddening retail chain ever.
To see a part of my scheme, from which I had hoped so much, go wrong before my eyes is maddening!
They pay the penalty in that late—sometimes not so late—intolerable maddening ennui.
The dull thud of a footfall in the cell above hammers on my head with maddening regularity.
And in spite of your liberal thorns and maddening incomprehensibilities, you can always put homesickness to flight.
Later on Henri was to find that lack of self and sex consciousness one of the maddening mysteries about Sara Lee.
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