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MADDENING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely annoying or displeasing
Example:
the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening
Synonyms:
exasperating; infuriating; maddening; vexing
Classified under:
Similar:
displeasing (causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb madden
Context examples:
No one knows a word of the matter, but you can imagine how maddening it must be to him to be upbraided for not doing what he would give his very eyes to do, but what he knows to be absolutely impossible.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And always was Martin's maddening and unuttered demand: Why didn't you feed me then?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Additionally, Mercury was retrograde last month, starting February 16, and you began to feel the maddening slowdowns of Mercury as early as two weeks before.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
For now the dogs hated him—hated him for the extra meat bestowed upon him by Mit-sah; hated him for all the real and fancied favours he received; hated him for that he fled always at the head of the team, his waving brush of a tail and his perpetually retreating hind-quarters for ever maddening their eyes.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
This interfered with the solitude I coveted for the prosecution of my task; yet at the commencement of my journey the presence of my friend could in no way be an impediment, and truly I rejoiced that thus I should be saved many hours of lonely, maddening reflection.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Filled with the most maddening doubts and fears, she rushed down the lane and, by rare good-fortune, met in Fresno Street a number of constables with an inspector, all on their way to their beat.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The hours he spent with Ruth were maddening alike in promise and in inconclusiveness.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
