exasperate
verb (used with object)
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.
had exasperated
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past perfectof exasperate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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So he asked Ms. Somsak: Did this little inquiry take so long and yield so little, because you had encountered some of the very issues that had exasperated this customer?
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2012
The earlier Christians had exasperated the Romans by refusing to bear arms in the service of the Empire, plain as the need was.
From The War and the Churches by Joseph McCabe
"Feeling all right, my boy?" he inquired now, in the tone of indulgent anxiety which, from the first day of his return, had exasperated Stephen so profoundly.
From One Man in His Time by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
A stiff classical bronze statue, a Minerva by a member of the Institute, had exasperated them at the very door.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Changes in the land system which had prevailed from time immemorial had exasperated the zamindars.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
