maddening
1maddening — adj. extremely annoying or displeasing. Syn: annoying, exasperating, infuriating, vexing. [WordNet 1.5] …
2maddening — index vexatious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3maddening — (adj.) 1743, from prp. of MADDEN (Cf. madden). Related: Maddeningly …
4maddening — [adj] irritating aggravating, annoying, exasperating, frustrating, infuriating, provoking, riling, troubling, trying, vexatious; concepts 529,565 …
5maddening — adj. 1) maddening to + inf. (it s maddening to have to wait here) 2) maddening that + clause (it s maddening that they never answer the telephone) * * * [ mæd(ə)nɪŋ] maddening that + clause (it s maddening that they never answer the telephone)… …
6maddening — maddeningly, adv. maddeningness, n. /mad n ing/, adj. 1. driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst. 2. infuriating or exasperating: his maddening indifference to my pleas. 3. raging; furious: a maddening wind. [1735 45; MADDEN + ING2] * *… …
7maddening — [[t]mæ̱dənɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as maddening, you mean that it makes you feel angry, irritated, or frustrated. Shopping in the January sales can be maddening... It is, in its way, a maddening biography. Syn: infuriating… …
8maddening — mad•den•ing [[t]ˈmæd n ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) driving to madness: maddening thirst[/ex] 2) vexing: maddening apathy[/ex] mad′den•ing•ly, adv …
9Maddening — Madden Mad den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maddened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maddening}.] 1. To make mad; to drive to madness; to drive to insanity; to craze. [1913 Webster] 2. To make very angry; to enrage; to excite violently with passion. [1913 Webster] …
10maddening — mad|den|ing [ˈmædənıŋ] adj very annoying = ↑infuriating ▪ maddening delays >maddeningly adv ▪ He moved carefully and maddeningly slowly …