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exasperating

  • present participle
    of exasperate.
    exasperate
    verb (used with object)
    to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.
  • a word derived from exasperate.
    exasperate
    verb (used with object)
    to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.

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Dealing with a call center or an automated teller might have been exasperating.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

All of this makes for an exasperating experience, but what’s most aggravating is that we’ve stood for this for so long.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026

The play-calling could be as exasperating in victory as well as defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

At some forecourts in Bamako, motorists are met by a note bearing three, exasperating words - "no fuel today".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

That wandering about of things was even more exasperating when she sat down to write.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez