maddening
adj.
frustrating, irritating, causing anger, provoking; causing insanity or madness
madden
v.
make angry, enrage, infuriate; cause to go crazy; become angry
maddening
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) exasperating, infuriating, vexing
(similar) displeasing
madden
Verb
1. cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
(synonym) craze
(hyponym) unbalance, derange
2. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
(hypernym) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
3. make mad; "His behavior is maddening"
(hypernym) anger
Maddening
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Madden
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
maddening
Synonyms and related words:
agitating, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, exciting, exhilarating, galvanic, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, jarring, jolting, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant, provocative, provoking, ravishing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, troubling, unsettling, upsetting
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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