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Definition of Maddening
1. Adjective. Extremely annoying or displeasing. "The ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"
Definition of Maddening
1. Verb. (present participle of madden) ¹
2. Adjective. Causing frustration or anger. ¹
3. Adjective. Leading to insanity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maddening
1. madden [v] - See also: madden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maddening
Literary usage of Maddening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"The natives, jeering at their anguish, remained obdurate, and when the dawn
revealed the terrible result of those long hours of maddening heat, ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"The natives, jeering at their anguish, remained obdurate, and when the dawn
revealed the terrible result of those long hours of maddening heat, ..."
3. Sunshine and shadow in New York by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"maddening EXTORTIONS. Cured and discharged, the patient returns to society,
marries, and settles down in life. The man pursues his business career with ..."
4. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
""Tell her from fool to fool to run, Where'er her vain caprice may call; Of all
her dupes, not loving one, But ruining and maddening all • Bid her ..."
5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... have been attacked with similar symptoms, and have experienced the same kind
of pains. CHAP. 45. maddening HONEY. In the country of the Sanni, ..."
6. The American Educational Monthly (1871)
"THE maddening MECHANISM OF THOUGHT. OUR Brains are seventy year clocks. The Angel
of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case and gives the key ..."
7. Lay Sermons by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge (1852)
"maddening the crowd, he may bid defiance to demonstration, and direct the madness
against whom it pleaseth him. A slanderous tongue has disquieted many, ..."
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