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maddening

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verb

present participle of madden

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Recent Examples of maddening
Adjective
Computers, at least for now, cannot quite capture the crushing surreality and maddening absurdity of modern electoral politics. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024 The Buzz perpetuates a maddening control that debuted on the VW ID 4: a driver’s-door gizmo that uses three buttons to control the four power windows. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024 What followed was a maddening exchange of 20 emails, with Ware repeatedly asking Tomo’s customer support to cancel her subscription. Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 The Productivity Paradox Haly’s future is snagged in a heartbreaking and maddening plot twist, one that may seem all too familiar in our Kafkaesque healthcare system. Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for maddening 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maddening
Adjective
  • Similarly, in frustrating circumstances, finding gratitude might involve acknowledging the resilience developed through adversity.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • So this app from Google is good enough to keep in your arsenal, while still being a bit frustrating to use at times.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But there is one item on her bucket list that has been annoying elusive.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But more recently there have been other issues, such as one that is highly annoying: vanishing data in the Apple Notes app.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The new plan would do away with two of those lanes, angering some motorists and bus operators.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice can be effective and are generally less irritating.
    Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The cleansing agent can also be irritating and may result in severe adverse reactions when used improperly.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.
    John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The boy’s life is organized around distracting himself, especially since his mother (Jodie Whittaker) works long days and nights as a nurse.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • About 30% of Native people are practicing or potential artists and the study reported a disturbing fact: Nearly 70% of these artists earn household incomes of less than $10,000, far below the poverty line.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Shippers don’t want to take them, however, because of their disturbing tendency to burst into flames when punctured, crushed, or overheated.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?
    Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024

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