madding

The word “madding” has 2 syllables: mad-ding

It's pronounced as /ˈmædɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for madding?

In the thesaurus, “madding” has 79 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for madding along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for madding

  • affronting
  • aggravating
  • agitated
  • angering
  • angry
  • annoying
  • antagonizing
  • berserk
  • beside oneself
  • corybantic
  • crazy
  • crossing
  • delirious
  • deranged
  • distraught
  • embittering
  • enflaming
  • enraging
  • envenoming
  • exasperating
  • excited
  • flipped-out
  • frantic
  • fraught
  • freaked-out
  • frenetic
  • frenzied
  • furious
  • getting
  • hectic
  • hot and bothered
  • hot under the collar
  • huffing
  • hyper
  • hysterical
  • in a stew
  • in a tizzy
  • incensing
  • inflaming
  • infuriating
  • insane
  • iring
  • irritating
  • mad
  • maddening
  • miffing
  • nettling
  • offending
  • out of control
  • outraging
  • overwrought
  • panic-stricken
  • peeving
  • piquing
  • provoking
  • putting out
  • rabid
  • raging
  • rankling
  • raving
  • riling
  • roiling
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • ruffling
  • shook-up
  • steaming up
  • ticking off
  • unglued
  • unscrewed
  • unzipped
  • vexing
  • violent
  • weird
  • weirded out
  • wigged out
  • wild
  • wired
  • worked-up
  • zonkers

Antonyms for madding

  • allaying
  • appeasing
  • assuaging
  • beguiling
  • bewitching
  • calming
  • captivating
  • charming
  • comforting
  • conciliating
  • consoling
  • delighting
  • disarming
  • enchanting
  • gratifying
  • lulling
  • mollifying
  • pacifying
  • placating
  • pleasing
  • quieting
  • relieving
  • settling
  • soothing

Meanings of madding

  • verb
    1. To be or become mad.
    2. To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
  • adjective
    1. Affected with madness; raging; furious.

Example Sentences

  • In the midst of the madding crowd, she searched for a familiar face.
  • The chaotic scene outside the stadium reflected the madding excitement of the championship game.
  • The madding rush of holiday shoppers filled the streets with a festive energy.
  • As the music played, the dance floor transformed into a madding whirl of motion and joy.
  • The madding storm brought with it a sense of urgency and heightened anticipation.

On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to madding, such as: affronting, aggravating, agitated, allaying, angering, angry, annoying.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

maddening

  • abrasive
  • affronting
  • aggravating
  • agitating
  • angering
  • annoying
  • antagonizing
  • biting
  • bothering
  • bothersome
  • brattish
  • bratty
  • burdensome
  • carking
  • chafing
  • confusing
  • cracking
  • crazing
  • crossing
  • deranging
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • displeasing
  • disquieting
  • distracting
  • distractive
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • embittering
  • enflaming
  • enraging
  • envenoming
  • exasperating
  • frenzying
  • frustrating
  • galling
  • getting
  • grating
  • huffing
  • importunate
  • importune
  • incensing
  • inconveniencing
  • inflaming
  • infuriating
  • iring
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • jangling
  • jarring
  • locoing
  • madding
  • miffing
  • mischievous
  • nettlesome
  • nettling
  • offending
  • offensive
  • outraging
  • painful
  • peeving
  • perturbing
  • pesky
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • piquing
  • plaguey
  • plaguy
  • provoking
  • putting out
  • rankling
  • rebarbative
  • riling
  • roiling
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • ruffling
  • spiny
  • steaming up
  • stressful
  • thorny
  • ticking off
  • tiresome
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • trying
  • unbalancing
  • unhinging
  • unsettling
  • unstringing
  • upsetting
  • vexatious
  • vexing
  • worrisome

rankling

  • abrasive
  • affronting
  • aggravating
  • agitating
  • angering
  • annoying
  • antagonizing
  • biting
  • boiling
  • bothersome
  • brattish
  • bratty
  • bristling
  • burdensome
  • burning
  • carking
  • chafing
  • convulsing
  • crossing
  • discomforting
  • displeasing
  • disquieting
  • distractive
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • embittering
  • enflaming
  • enraging
  • envenoming
  • exasperating
  • foaming
  • fretting
  • frustrating
  • fulminating
  • fuming
  • galling
  • getting
  • grating
  • huffing
  • importunate
  • importune
  • incensing
  • inconveniencing
  • inflaming
  • infuriating
  • iring
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • jangling
  • jarring
  • maddening
  • madding
  • miffing
  • mischievous
  • nettlesome
  • nettling
  • offending
  • offensive
  • outraging
  • painful
  • peeving
  • pesky
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • piquing
  • plaguey
  • plaguy
  • provoking
  • putting out
  • raging
  • ranting
  • raving
  • rebarbative
  • riling
  • roiling
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • ruffling
  • seeing red
  • seething
  • shaking
  • sizzling
  • smoldering
  • smouldering
  • spiny
  • steaming
  • steaming up
  • stewing
  • storming
  • stressful
  • thorny
  • ticking off
  • tiresome
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • trying
  • upsetting
  • vexatious
  • vexing
  • worrisome

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