maddening
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maddening
driving to madness or frenzy; exasperating: All those delays are maddening.
Not to be confused with:
madding – frenzied; raging: far from the madding crowd
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mad·den
(măd′n)v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens
v.tr.
1. To make angry; irritate.
2. To cause (someone) to go mad; drive to madness.
v.intr.
To become infuriated.
mad′den·ing·ly adv.
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maddening
(ˈmædənɪŋ)adj
1. serving to send mad
2. extremely annoying; exasperating
ˈmaddeningly adv
ˈmaddeningness n
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mad•den•ing
(ˈmæd n ɪŋ)adj.
1. driving to madness: maddening thirst.
2. vexing: maddening apathy.
mad′den•ing•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. |  maddening - 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"displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities |
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maddening
adjective infuriating, exasperating, annoying, irritating, upsetting, provoking, aggravating (informal), vexing, irksome, bothersome Shopping in the sales can be maddening.
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Translations
مُسَبِّب للجُنون
pobuřující
irriterende
óòolandi
poburujúci
çıldırtıcıdelirtici
maddening
[ˈmædnɪŋ] ADJ [delay, habit, trait] → exasperanteshe had a maddening smirk on her face → su rostro tenía una sonrisita exasperante
it's (quite) maddening! → ¡es desesperante!, ¡es como para desesperarse!
he can be absolutely maddening at times → a veces puede sacarte de quicio
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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maddening
adj → unerträglich, zum Verrücktwerden; delay → unerträglich, lästig; habit → aufreizend; the maddening thing is that … → das Verrückte daran ist, dass …; isn’t it maddening? → ist das nicht ärgerlich?; this is maddening! → das ist (ja) zum Verrücktwerden!
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mad
(mӕd) adjective1. mentally disturbed or insane. Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.
2. (sometimes with at or with) very angry. She was mad at me for losing my keys.
3. (with about) having a great liking or desire for. I'm just mad about Harry.
ˈmadly adverbˈmadness noun
ˈmadden verb
to make mad or very angry. The animal was maddened by the pain.
ˈmaddening adjective likely to cause anger. maddening delays.
ˈmaddeningly adverbˈmadman – plural ˈmadmen: feminine ˈmadwoman – plural ˈmadwomen – noun
a person who is insane. He drove/fought like a madman.
mad ˈcow disease noun a fatal disease of cattle, which can affect also humans who eat meat from infected cattle.
like mad wildly, desperately, very quickly etc. struggling/trying/running like mad.
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