Synonyms for maddening
ˈmæd n ɪŋmad·den·ing

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1. exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   nettlesome, annoying, irritating, galling, vexing, teasing, plaguy, bothersome, exasperating, aggravating, plaguey, pestiferous, vexatious, pesky, pestering, exacerbating, infuriating

   Antonyms:
   pleasing

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1. List of paraphrases for "maddening":

   infuriating

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1. Christopher Darlington Morley:

   There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.

2. Cindy Madrid:

   It's maddening because at every moment I ask myself, 'How is she? Has she eaten? Are they taking care of her? Do they shower her?'.

3. Martin Scorsese:

   Moral Ground Zero, I call it, all the characters [ were ] killed at the end, basically everyone, and there was no place to go, after that. You know, I hardly did any press for that film. I was tired of it. I felt it was maddening.

4. Erik Pevernagie:

   When word-mongering and showboating becomes too maddening, everything may blow up in the face and the mirror will not waver to bite back. ( "The day the mirror was talking back" )

5. Benjamin Greenberg:

   The stories I can tell are maddening and saddening.