Usually means: Frustratingly difficult to endure, infuriating.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word maddening:

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  1. maddening: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. maddening: Merriam-Webster
  3. maddening: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. maddening: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. maddening: Collins English Dictionary
  6. maddening: Vocabulary.com
  7. Maddening, maddening: Wordnik
  8. maddening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. maddening: Wiktionary
  10. maddening: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Maddening, maddening: Dictionary.com
  12. maddening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. The Maddening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Maddening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. maddening: Rhymezone
  16. maddening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. maddening: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. maddening: FreeDictionary.org
  19. maddening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. maddening: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. maddening: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Maddening: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Causing frustration or anger.
▸ adjective:  Leading to insanity.

Similar:
exasperating, infuriating, vexing, displeasing, frustrating, frustrative, aggravated, Madding, baffling, agonizing, more...

Opposite:
soothing, calming, relaxing, tranquil, peaceful

Phrases:
Far from the Maddening Crowds, The Maddening, maddening knowledge, maddening sorrowful helpless, more...

Adjectives:
most, little, fierce, nigh, same, whole, usual, bloody, lovable, pure, clerical

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Similar:
exasperating, infuriating, vexing, displeasing, frustrating, frustrative, aggravated, Madding, baffling, agonizing, more...

Opposite:
soothing, calming, relaxing, tranquil, peaceful

Phrases:
Far from the Maddening Crowds, The Maddening, maddening knowledge, maddening sorrowful helpless, more...

Adjectives:
most, little, fierce, nigh, same, whole, usual, bloody, lovable, pure, clerical

Colors:
    crimson,     vermilion,     scarlet,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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