Question about ほど in this sentence


I wasn't able to find any explanation of 「ほど」 in these constructions...

> 「そんなテメーに盾突かれる **ほど** 頭に来る事はない」

In any case I would like to ask whether I am getting the general meaning
right. Besides that I would like to ask if there is a certain nuance implied
by the 「 **ほど** 」 here

With nuances I mean if it rather means:

a) Even if your struggling to that extent

or

b) With that amount of struggling (rather "neutral")




The answer in the linked question basically applies here as well except that
what comes before ほど does not have to be a noun for the sentence to mean "No C
is as B as A." It can also be the attributive form (連体形) of a verb. But you
can make your sentence structurally the same as the ones in that answer by
nominalizing the verb with こと:

> そんなテメーに盾突かれるほど頭に来ることはない。  
>  そんなテメーに盾突かれる **こと** ほど頭に来ることはない。

And they mean the same thing:

> Nothing is as infuriating as being opposed by you.  
>  There is nothing as infuriating as being opposed by you.

In other words, the speaker is saying that being opposed by the listener is
the most infuriating thing in the world.

In English, it might be more common to use a comparison of inequality in this
situation:

> Nothing is more infuriating than being opposed by you.  
>  There is nothing more infuriating than being opposed by you.

(P.S. Unless space is an issue, こと is usually written in kana when it is used
as a formal noun.)




The answer in the linked question basically applies here as well except that
what comes before ほど does not have to be a noun for the sentence to mean "No C
is as B as A." It can also be the attributive form (連体形) of a verb. But you
can make your sentence structurally the same as the ones in that answer by
nominalizing the verb with こと:

> そんなテメーに盾突かれるほど頭に来ることはない。  
>  そんなテメーに盾突かれる **こと** ほど頭に来ることはない。

And they mean the same thing:

> Nothing is as infuriating as being opposed by you.  
>  There is nothing as infuriating as being opposed by you.

In other words, the speaker is saying that being opposed by the listener is
the most infuriating thing in the world.

In English, it might be more common to use a comparison of inequality in this
situation:

> Nothing is more infuriating than being opposed by you.  
>  There is nothing more infuriating than being opposed by you.

(P.S. Unless space is an issue, こと is usually written in kana when it is used
as a formal noun.)

