MADDENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maddening mean? 

• MADDENING (adjective)
  The adjective MADDENING has 1 sense:

1. extremely annoying or displeasing

  Familiarity information: MADDENING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MADDENING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely annoying or displeasing

Synonyms:

exasperating; infuriating; maddening; vexing

Context example:

the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening

Similar:

displeasing (causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities)

 Context examples 

He was nervous and irritable, what of his hard times, disappointments, and close application to work, and the conversation of such people was maddening.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The situation to him must have been a maddening one.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These days, with so many planets opposite your sign, there is an indication of either perfect agreement or maddening strife.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"That's good! I wish all the girls would leave, and spoil his old school. It's perfectly maddening to think of those lovely limes," sighed Amy, with the air of a martyr.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The man’s insolence was maddening, but we could not resent it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“What does this mean! It's impossible to bear it. It's maddening. How can you do it to me, boys?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Far from her intention, her words were maddening me, driving me on.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I was possessed by a maddening rage when I thought of him, and desired and ardently prayed that I might have him within my grasp to wreak a great and signal revenge on his cursed head.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This was maddening to them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

If I be sane, then surely it is maddening to think that of all the foul things that lurk in this hateful place the Count is the least dreadful to me; that to him alone I can look for safety, even though this be only whilst I can serve his purpose.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)