動詞 madden:

1. cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
   同義詞：madden, craze
2. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
   同義詞：madden
3. make mad
   同義詞：madden

形容詞 maddening:

1. extremely annoying or displeasing
   同義詞：exasperating, infuriating, vexing

1. Nothing soothe me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recital than to sit and have my teeth drill.
   在漫長而又瘋狂的鋼琴獨奏會之后，沒有一樣事情比坐在椅子上讓牙科醫(yī)生鉆牙齒更為鎮(zhèn)靜。
2. The box has spat forth maddening nine- second sound bite.
   電視機已經(jīng)整整吐放了九秒鐘令人瘋狂的插播。
3. Be not that maddening!
   真叫人惱火！
4. Her oscillations in mood are maddening.
   她喜怒無常能把人氣瘋。

mad.den.ing

adj.（形容詞）
Tending to anger or irritate:
使人生氣的或惱怒的：
例句：
a maddening delay at the airport.
在機場上令人惱火的一再拖延

Tending to drive insane.
使人發(fā)瘋的

【引伸】
mad.deningly
adv.（副詞）