maddening

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mad·den·ing | \ ˈmad-niŋ

, ˈma-dᵊn-iŋ \

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.

Recent Examples on the Web Life may be brutal, but Lawson proves that even a maddening battle with an insurance company can be fertile ground for comedy. — Washington Post, 27 May 2021 My hysterical, maddening and brilliant 15-year-old, Jack? — Jim Gaffigan, CBS News, 2 May 2021 The technique makes the film seem more personal, which also means more maddening, because these people are weasels. — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2021 The technique makes the film seem more personal, which also means more maddening, because these people are weasels. — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2021 In addition, Turner’s feet have a maddening tendency to narrow, enabling adjacent blockers to knock him off balance on angle blocks. — John Owning, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021 But the committed and adoring, the fighters and dreamers, the mad and maddening, remain tied to this Wild West outpost. — Erica Sandberg, National Review, 1 Apr. 2021 Nothing is more maddening than the (seemingly) sure two traded for the high-degree-of-difficulty three. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2021 What made this even more maddening is that Okerblom had been through it before. — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021

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