Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to
excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
person or his feelings.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exasperating \exasperating\ adj.
1. extremely annoying or displeasing.
Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing.
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2. same as exacerbating.
Syn: aggravating, exacerbating.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exasperating
adj 1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of
manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating
day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless
tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn: infuriating,
maddening, vexing]
2: making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "exasperating":
aggravating, aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome,
contentious, disturbing, exasperative, galling, harassing,
importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky,
pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
plaguey, plaguing, provocative, provoking, teasing, tiresome,
tormenting, troublesome, troubling, vexatious, vexing, wearisome,
worrisome, worrying
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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