1
as in to bother
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers
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as in to infuriate
to make angry
her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end
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Recent Examples of madden
Through extremely dim, maddening office mazes, it’s discovered that McGovern’s mission is to find and interrogate Sean Mehndez, a family man addled by constant work for the autocratic Leviathan corporation.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Still, curating reliable investing resources that fit your needs can be maddening.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The tedium of dealing with, say, health insurance or car registration can be maddening.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The one maddening cliffhanger that was never resolved?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Still, curating reliable investing resources that fit your needs can be maddening.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The tedium of dealing with, say, health insurance or car registration can be maddening.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The one maddening cliffhanger that was never resolved?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madden
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That doesn’t mean the implication doesn’t bother him.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Or Xander Schauffele, the defending PGA champion who is surely not bothered by the lack of attention on him early this week.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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More: The infuriating ambiguity of 'fine' Broadhurst has since graduated from Oxford and is now pursuing a masters in forensic speech science at the University of York.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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But the new textbooks have infuriated former government loyalists who defend their version of history.—
Simon Montlake,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 May 2025
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The media frenzy about GLP-1 agonists hadn't yet started.—
Mara Gordon,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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In season six, these controversies extended to the way the show depicted Mohamed Al-Fayed, all but accusing him of setting up the paparazzi frenzy that led to the deaths of Diana and his son, Dodi.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
15 June 2024
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Any effort to rename the body of water would likely deeply anger Iran, which was historically called Persia, and perhaps other Middle Eastern states as well.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2025
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The English-for-truckers push has particularly angered me, though.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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These days, there’s no shortage of packable, lightweight sleeping pads to make sure no peas (or pebbles) ever disturb your slumber on your next backpacking trip.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
11 May 2025
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There’s been plenty of disturbing news lately about energy belligerence and blackouts, for instance.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Jason Kilar, who had just become head of what was then called Warner Media and was part of AT&T, was enraged enough at the messy debut that some executives soon would move on.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The government doesn’t keep statistics regarding the number of white farmers killed, but news of particularly brutal attacks has enraged many Afrikaners.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
14 May 2025
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All of the footage from The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon makes the show-within-a-show look silly, which the series confuses with humorousness.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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While no one should ever have confused the entertainment business with a warm binkie, the institutions themselves are in the new and awkward spot of having to justify their existence.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
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But until Tuesday afternoon, four days out, there had been no announcement of what acts would be performing, or even where the show would be held The radio silence annoyed fans, who said so online.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Nearly one-half of Republicans (52%) are annoyed with how much attention is being paid to climate change vs. only 13% for Democrats.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Madden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madden. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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