单词 | maddening |
释义 | maddeningn. rare. The act or fact of making or becoming mad. ΚΠ 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Maddening, the act of making mad. 2001 www.salon.com 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) With their repeated vague warnings of imminent terrorist attacks, our national leaders risk achieving something similar—a maddening of the country's mood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maddeningadj. That makes a person mad. In trivial use: irritating, vexing. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > becoming or acting madding1579 maddeninga1743 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > causing mad1567 madding1592 extractinga1616 insanea1616 dementating1652 maddening1822 dementing1861 pathogenic1909 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 a1743 R. Savage To J. Powell in Wks. (1775) II. 218 Calm, on the beach while maddening billows rave, He gains Philosophy from every wave. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 624 The burning and maddening pain..can rarely be alleviated but by opium. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 123 There never was such a maddening mouth since Eve's! 1896 A. Beardsley Let. c25 Oct. (1971) 188 Dent must be simply maddening. 1925 N. Coward Vortex ii. 55 ‘Have you only one set, Florence?’.. ‘Yes, isn't it maddening? Clara promised to bring hers down but forgot.’ 1947 A. Huxley Let. 19 Jan. (1969) 565 There will still be revisions to do on the screen play..maddening work, resembling jig saw puzzles rather than literature. 1987 R. P. Jhabvala Three Continents ii. 236 It must have been maddening for them, the way I was impervious to everything they said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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