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Synonyms for maddening
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mad-n-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæd n ɪŋ |
Définition of maddening
Origin :- 1743, from present participle of madden. Related: Maddeningly.
- adj irritating
- The maddening interview of this one night has filled my soul with love—but not for thee.
- Extract from : « The Lamplighter » by Charles Dickens
- This maddening impatience told on my strength, which was small, and hindered me.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- We passed four men, and their greeting was maddening in its jeer.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Which would be maddening for someone with no work to do or no resources in himself, or herself.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- Then the maddening cries of the prisoners whose relatives had not come.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- It was irresistible, it was maddening, it swept over the whole house.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- All this was maddening to Agesilaus, as was presently plain.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- A shout of the same horrible, maddening laughter rang in my ears.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- The big deal was going slowly––not badly, but with maddening delays.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- The sense of tragedy merged into the maddening thought of the injustice of it.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
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