maddening

It is, a maddening imprint--yes, simply a maddening one!

I can understand people drinking to drown care or to drive away maddening thoughts well enough.

And always was Martin's maddening and unuttered demand: Why didn't you feed me then?

But he is not listening to them, he is there for business; he is not minding the cloak-bearers that come fluttering around to confuse him; he chases this way, he chases that way, and hither and yon, scattering the nimble banderillos in every direction like a spray, and receiving their maddening darts in his neck as they dodge and fly - oh, but it's a lively spectacle, and brings down the house!

For a few moments after, he stood motionless; but the cry had relieved him from the first maddening pressure of the truth.