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maddening

/mad-n-ing/US // ˈmæd n ɪŋ //UK // (ˈmædənɪŋ) //

令人费解的,令人发指的,令人费解的是,令人发狂的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
    • : infuriating or exasperating: his maddening indifference to my pleas.
    • : raging; furious: a maddening wind.

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Examples

  • It was especially maddening, not only because OB Elementary is her neighborhood school, but because she had already managed to successfully enroll her child at OB Elementary’s PrimeTime after-school program.

  • It was also nonetheless maddening because, well, it isn’t entirely false, and thus cannot be dismissed.

  • “The maddening aspect of this story is that — despite the big fuss being made right now — the facts on both sides are still incredibly thin,” he said in an email.

  • Life may be brutal, but Lawson proves that even a maddening battle with an insurance company can be fertile ground for comedy.

  • He may make a few too many maddening decisions, but no one has ever accused the nomadic signal caller of being boring.

  • Still, as always, the list has its fair share of maddening snubs, too.

  • The reason for his crippling indecision is simple as it is maddening, especially if you happen to be married to him.

  • The process was a maddening tangle of unreliable tracking, delays, and confusion, the family member said.

  • However maddening this may be, we should beware of going the other way and making everything too plain.

  • Blockbuster, which will soon shutter completely, was perhaps the most maddening retail chain ever.

  • To see a part of my scheme, from which I had hoped so much, go wrong before my eyes is maddening!

  • They pay the penalty in that late—sometimes not so late—intolerable maddening ennui.

  • The dull thud of a footfall in the cell above hammers on my head with maddening regularity.

  • And in spite of your liberal thorns and maddening incomprehensibilities, you can always put homesickness to flight.

  • Later on Henri was to find that lack of self and sex consciousness one of the maddening mysteries about Sara Lee.