madding

verb

Definition of maddingnext
present participle of mad
as in angering
to make angry her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers

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Recent Examples of madding The neighbourhood Forget the madding crowds of the town centre. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for madding
  1. angering
  2. infuriating
  3. enraging
  4. annoying
  5. irritating
  6. maddening
Verb
  • Leaders of the Maine Democratic Party are still working toward a process to replace Graham Platner, without angering his supporters.
    — Dan Merica, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • The mayor floated the idea to place Williams on probation for six months, angering the city manager’s supporters in the crowd.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of angering
Verb
  • Speaking to them on the phone is infuriating since most of the conversation is about what’s going on with Kaden.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
  • The result can be a more consistent connection, fewer interruptions and less of that infuriating mid-episode quality drop.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of infuriating
Verb
  • Before the agreement was announced, Israeli forces struck in Beirut, enraging Trump, who has publicly expressed his fury with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
  • In May 2021, after being elected to Parliament, Ben-Gvir established a makeshift office in a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, enraging local residents.
    — Avi Issacharoff, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
Definition of enraging
Verb
  • Weird; annoying even – but the floaters did not seem urgent.
    — Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • My biggest concern about adding a tracking device around Mya’s neck was annoying her or creating disruption.
    — Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
Definition of annoying
Verb
  • And these lively, sometimes irritating, often messy, but always essential noises are the product of our species connecting and caring for one another.
    — Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026
  • They will also be allowed to shoot pepper balls, which release a cloud of irritating spray into the air around the animals.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of irritating
Verb
  • Internet outages can be maddening, with ISPs often issuing vague statements about what happened.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • Few films capture the hum of life in all its maddening beauty quite like this one.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of maddening

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“Madding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madding. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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