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. John Cornyn:

   I guess we’d better recharge our batteries. It’s like Groundhog Day. Over and over and over again, it’s maddening.

2. Benjamin Greenberg:

   The stories I can tell are maddening and saddening.

3. Kyrsten Sinema:

   The Senate’s 60-vote threshold has proved maddening to members of both political parties in recent years, to save the country from radical policies, depending on whether you serve in the majority or the minority.

4. 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.

5. 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.