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exasperate
[ig-zas-puh-reyt]
verb (used with object)
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.
He was exasperated by the senseless delays.
Archaic., to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.).
Synonyms: exacerbate
adjective
Botany., rough; covered with hard, projecting points, as a leaf.
exasperate
/ ɪɡˈzɑːspəˌreɪt /
verb
to cause great irritation or anger to; infuriate
to cause (an unpleasant feeling, condition, etc) to worsen; aggravate
adjective
botany having a rough prickly surface because of the presence of hard projecting points
Other Word Forms
- exasperater noun
- exasperatingly adverb
- unexasperating adjective
- exasperation noun
- exasperatedly adverb
- exasperating adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of exasperate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of exasperate1
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Example Sentences
Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.
At some forecourts in Bamako, motorists are met by a note bearing three, exasperating words - "no fuel today".
The Celtic interim manager cut an exasperated figure on the sidelines in Denmark as he watched a magnificent Midtjylland teach the Scottish champions a lesson.
The first shot of director Lynne Ramsay’s stubborn and exasperating postpartum nightmare “Die My Love” would be a great opener for a horror movie.
That relentlessness made Hersh both essential and exasperating to the institutions that published him.
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