maddening

adjective

Definition of maddening

1 : tending to craze

2a : tending to infuriate

b : tending to vex : irritating

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He has a maddening habit of interrupting other people. She shows a maddening inability to control her children.

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There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Lana Del Rey Shuts Down Kanye West for Supporting Trump: "You Need an Intervention as Much as He Does"," 1 Oct. 2018 Nothing says the holidays like braving maddening airport crowds, eschewing prying questions at big family gatherings, or looming end-of-year work deadlines. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "5 Ways to De-Stress—And Stay Sane—During the Holidays," 19 Nov. 2018 VO Alice says that their maddening obsession started with that first roll of the dice. — Jessica Macleish, Teen Vogue, "Someone Died in the Riverdale Flashback Episode and I Need to Talk About It ASAP," 8 Nov. 2018 Why is this particular switcheroo so gratifying when so many of the show’s other shenanigans have been maddening? — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, "The Walking Dead just pulled its best switcheroo in years," 29 Oct. 2018 Jojo Whilden/Sundance Institute Infertility is painful and maddening for the couples forced to grapple with it. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Private Life is a terrific, heartbreaking look at a marriage through the lens of infertility," 5 Oct. 2018 Best of all, the restaurant is located on the quiet West End, far from the maddening crowds on the other side of Commercial Street. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, "3 Best Day Trips From Boston," 9 Aug. 2018 Mars, the planet of action and determination, has been spinning backward since June 26, causing major professional slow-downs and maddening false starts. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "What August's Pisces Horoscope Means for You," 30 July 2018 The maddening inconsistency of putting has in recent years spurred the growth of a relatively new kind of specialist role: putting coach. — Brian Costa, WSJ, "Even for Jordan Spieth, Putting Is a Fickle Skill," 13 June 2018

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