Exasperate

Word EXASPERATE
Character 10
Hyphenation ex as per ate
Pronunciations /ɪɡˈzæsp(ə)ɹeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Exasperate"

What do we mean by exasperate?

To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly. transitive verb

To increase the gravity or intensity of. transitive verb

To irritate to a high degree; make very angry; provoke to rage; enrage: as, to exasperate an opponent.

To incite by means of irritation; stimulate through anger or rage; stir up.

To make grievous or more grievous; aggravate; embitter: as, to exasperate enmity.

To augment the intensity of; exacerbate: as, to exasperate inflammation or a part inflamed.

Synonyms Provoke, Incense, Exasperate, Irritate; vex, chafe, nettle, sting. The first four words all refer to the production of angry and generally demonstrative feeling. Irritate often has to do with the nerves, but all have to do with the mind. Provoke is perhaps the most sudden; exasperate is the strongest and least self-controlled; incense stands second in these respects.

To increase in severity.

Irritated; inflamed.

In botany, rough; covered with hard, projecting points.

To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of. transitive verb

To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter. transitive verb

Exasperated; imbittered. adjective

To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy; to make angry. verb

Make furious verb

Exasperate or irritate verb

Make worse verb

To tax the patience of, irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.

A feeling of giving up, worn out, annoyed, etc. Urban Dictionary

Frustrated, annoyance, thats about what exasperation means! Urban Dictionary

When african kids cant breathe Urban Dictionary

A word to be used when something is exsasperating like finding out you'ryou're getting another brother/sister Urban Dictionary

Someone who annoys you immensely with seemingly little effort but there's little you can do about it. Urban Dictionary

Becoming upset about something before knowing all (or any) of the details. Urban Dictionary

A point in time or a long period of months where you were musty and tired. Urban Dictionary

A little bitch that hides behind a definition. Urban Dictionary

An emotion often felt when all of the rum is gone. Symptoms include denial, feelings of hopelessness, staggered walking, and repeated questioning of WHY the rum is gone. Urban Dictionary

When someone adds punctuation to a message to convey extra annoyance. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Exasperate

The word "exasperate" in example sentences

North and encouraged the desperate foe by efforts at peace-parties, conciliations, outcries for amnesty, and entreaties not to 'exasperate' the enemy. ❋ Various (N/A)

Crucially, these artists display an eccentricity that seems inherent rather than worn, in the manner of Lady Gaga, whose attempts at the avant garde make me think of the Henry Brooks Adams line: "The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest." ❋ Unknown (2011)

In fact, the pressure could have the reverse effect and exasperate the situation, because this time around, unlike the past, the regime perceives the pressure as an existential threat to its being—the beginning of the end; the onset to regime change. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Any further delays will only exacerbate situation and exasperate the riders even more. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sometimes, his meticulous and analytical side can exasperate Stewart, who often instinctually comprehends a project. ❋ Unknown (2011)

What I do disagree with him is that he states that various religions have not created or exasperate incivility. ❋ Randy Jurado Ertll (2011)

For noise, traffic, for confusion, congestion, for riots, deals, parades, things that would exasperate most people, New Yorkers just shrug it off …I think they are at their best when there is a catastrophe. ❋ Alexandra Cheney (2011)

I am firm, and your words will only exasperate my rage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But those right-wing dingbats are so obnoxious and so foolish that the exasperate mature adults. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama laments that everything he did to alleviate the anxiety of the American middle class seemed at times only to exasperate the people more. ❋ Ron Charles (2011)

Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik said his government is refraining from moves that may exasperate North Korea. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I am not alone in being exasperate at how much the world has tried to fix Africa or whatever other third-world regions and failed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are clear about what they want and don't want, as opposed to nice people, who can be so vague that they exasperate you when you just want them to "spit it out." ❋ M.D. Mark Goulston (2011)

And, yeah, I had to work in the morning, but hearing you exasperate with the subtle lectures on yellower teeth and chimney kisses was worth the oncoming exhaustion. ❋ Johnny Dantonio (2010)

Bankrupting or just reducing DT business will just exasperate the situation ratcityreprobate ❋ Unknown (2010)

She [looked] exasperated. "[Fine]" she [said] exasperated. ❋ Jessica1001 (2015)

He was [exasperated] at the [fact that] he was [fired]. ❋ Heyley (2005)

[damn] [tony], [them kids] were exasperated ❋ Mfshlangindat9 (2021)

THAT IS [EXASPERATING] ❋ Qurtz (2017)

He is such an [exasperant]! He talks [incessantly] in class, refuses to take to corrections and is such a [dullard]. ❋ Lubelube (2012)

When my parents found out I had been in an accident, [my father's] [premature exasperation] kicked in. He freaked out before hearing that some drunkard had [rear-ended] me at a red light. ❋ Jerry8675309 (2011)

my exasperated lecherous [era] was my worst era i had the worst [acne] and looked [tired] all the time ❋ Someoneontheinternet1626 (2022)

[Hey look] It's a Exasperated female, [fuck off]! ❋ Exasperated Male (2021)

Jack Sparrow: [Why is the rum gone]? Jack Sparrow: But [WHY is the rum gone]? Jack Sparrow: [Why is the rum always gone]? *staggers drunkenly* Ah. That's why. Other Pirate 1: What happened to him? Other Pirate 2: [Rum exasperation]. ❋ Artemis Vandelay (2011)

Jimmy: K. [Sally]: Is [u mad]? Jimmy: no. Sally: You're using [exasperation punctuation].... ❋ SamBamOhMan (2016)

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