maddening
adjective
driving to madness or frenzy.
maddeningly
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a word derived from
maddening.
Example Sentences
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Through 58 Years in the U.S. market, Subaru has tendered some of the best that modern car building has had to offer, maddeningly packaged with some of the worst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
But patients don’t like being told something is all in their head, particularly when their lives are falling apart over a maddeningly persistent illness.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
The 23-year-old has gone from being an unquestionably talented winger, but sometimes maddeningly inconsistent, to the brilliant catalyst behind so much of their best moments this season.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
One first that would involve only a short bus ride has maddeningly eluded him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
The process had started in Portland when he had drunk the gorgon’s blood, but his past life had still been maddeningly fuzzy.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
