| 单词 | maddening |
| 释义 | maddening (once / 2231 pages) adj Maddening things are extremely irritating: they make you mad. Some drivers have the maddening habit of following other cars too closely on the highway. If something annoys you a lot, it's maddening. You might try to ignore the maddening tune your sister keeps whistling, or decide to leave a movie half way through because of the maddening acting style of its leading man. The adjective maddening comes from the less-common verb madden, "annoy someone," or "drive someone insane." Both words are rooted in the Old English gemædde, "out of one's mind." WORD FAMILYmaddening: maddeningly+/madden: maddened, maddening, maddens USAGE EXAMPLESFew places are as maddening, as beautiful and mysterious, as mystical. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) O’Connor was often maddening for liberals because she evinced few regrets over her vote in Bush v. Slate(Dec 15, 2016) Those were not my maddening and marvellous children. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) adj extremely annoying or displeasing the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening Syn exasperating, infuriating, vexing displeasing causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities |
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