Maddening: meaning, definitions and examples

feeling or causing strong annoyance or frustration

Causing great irritation or annoyance; infuriating.

annoying, exasperating, frustrating, infuriating, irritating

Examples of usage

• The maddening sound of construction work outside my window kept me up all night.

• Her maddening habit of always being late drove her friends crazy.

• The maddening delay in getting the test results made him anxious.

• The maddening traffic jam made him late for the meeting.

• The maddening wait for the elevator seemed endless.