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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. extremely annoying or displeasing;
- Example: "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"
- Example: "I've had an exasperating day"
- Example: "her infuriating indifference"
- Example: "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"
[syn: exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Madden \Mad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maddened; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Maddening.]
   1. To make mad; to drive to madness; to drive to insanity; to
      craze.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To make very angry; to enrage; to excite violently with
      passion.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maddening \maddening\ adj.
   extremely annoying or displeasing.

   Syn: annoying, exasperating, infuriating, vexing.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maddening
    adj 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" [syn:
           exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "maddening":
   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