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maddening

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mad⋅den⋅ing

  [mad-n-ing]
Use maddening in a Sentence
–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 + -ing 2

Related forms:
mad⋅den⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
mad⋅den⋅ing⋅ness, noun

mad⋅den

  [mad-n]
–verb (used with object)
1. to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
2. to make insane.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become mad; act as if mad; rage.
Origin:
1725–35; mad + -en 1

Synonyms:
1. provoke, enrage, anger, inflame; exasperate, irritate, vex, annoy.

Antonyms:
1. calm, mollify.
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mad·den   (mād'n)   
v.   mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens

v.   tr.

  1. To make angry; irritate.

  2. To drive insane.

v.   intr.
To become infuriated.
mad·den·ing   (mād'n-ĭng)   
adj.  

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

  2. Tending to drive insane.

mad'den·ing·ly adv.
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