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mad·den·ing

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–adjective

1.	driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.

2.	infuriating or exasperating: his maddening indifference to my pleas.

3.	raging; furious: a maddening wind.

[Origin: 1735–45; madden + -ing²

]

—Related forms

mad·den·ing·ly, adverb

mad·den·ing·ness, noun

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mad·den Audio Help   (mād'n) Pronunciation Key
v.   mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens

v.   tr.

To make angry; irritate.
To drive insane.

v. intr.
To become infuriated.

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mad·den·ing Audio Help (mād'n-ĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Tending to anger or irritate: a maddening delay at the airport.
Tending to drive insane.

mad'den·ing·ly adv.

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maddening
adjective
extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn: exasperating]

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ˈmaddening adjective

likely to cause anger
Example: maddening delays

Arabic:	مُسَبِّب للجُنون
Chinese (Simplified):	令人发疯的, 发狂的
Chinese (Traditional):	令人發瘋的, 發狂的
Czech:	pobuřující
Danish:	irriterende
Dutch:	irriterend
Estonian:	vihaleajav
Finnish:	raivostuttava
French:	exaspérant
German:	verrückt machen
Greek:	εξοργιστικός
Hungarian:	dühítő
Icelandic:	óþolandi
Indonesian:	mengesalkan
Italian:	esasperante

Japanese:	腹だたしい
Korean:	화나게 하는
Latvian:	tracinošs; kaitinošs
Lithuanian:	siutinantis
Norwegian:	irriterende, ergerlig
Polish:	irytujący
Portuguese (Brazil):	enlouquecedor
Portuguese (Portugal):	irritante
Romanian:	exasperant
Russian:	досадный; раздражающий
Slovak:	poburujúci
Slovenian:	noro
Spanish:	enloquecedor
Swedish:	högst irriterande, outhärdlig
Turkish:	çıldırtıcı, delirtici