Adjective maddening has 1 sense
- exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing - 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"
Antonym: pleasing (indirect, via displeasing)
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Verb madden has 3 senses
- madden, craze - cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
--2 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- madden - make mad; "His behavior is maddening"
--3 is one way to anger
Sample sentence:
The bad news will madden him
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