maddening
Definition of maddening
1 : tending to craze
2a : tending to infuriateb : tending to vex : irritating
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Examples of maddening in a Sentence
He has a maddening habit of interrupting other people.
She shows a maddening inability to control her children.
Recent Examples of maddening from the Web
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THEN: Since the city's founding, the maddening climate has been a key element of life in New Orleans.
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Those are some of the questions hovering over the four-part docuseries, which may be maddening, or might be enlightening.
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Green, the Warriors' power forward whose unique combination of size, speed, athleticism and strength has been a maddening elixir for Love in the past, responded with a simple explanation.
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The maddening subway delays that Tuesday — May 9 — provide a window into the cascading economic consequences of a single incident.
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The second-beer stories complicated our ideas about our students, who were sometimes maddening but also earnest and fragile and human.
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A maddening type of official document has emerged as a tool of the Trump Administration.
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The third was also man-made, and the most maddening: the failure of preparation, logistics, and action at every level.
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Arranged in sentences, reading becomes utterly maddening.
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Circa 1743
First Known Use of maddening
circa 1743
MADDENING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of maddening for English Language Learners
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: very annoying
MADDENING Defined for Kids
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Definition of maddening for Students
: very annoying Her constant chatter is maddening.
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