maddening

[mad-n-ing] Origin

mad·den·ing

[mad-n-ing]
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

mad·den·ing·ly, adverb
mad·den·ing·ness, noun

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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 + -en1

un·mad·dened, adjective


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


1. calm, mollify.

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maddening (ˈmædənɪŋ)
 
adj
1.  serving to send mad
2.  extremely annoying; exasperating
 
maddeningly
 
adv
 
maddeningness
 
n

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maddening
from madden, which is attested from 1735 in the sense "to become mad," 1822 in the sense "to drive to distraction" (see mad). Related: Maddeningly.
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