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Definitions for exasperate
ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt; -pər ɪtex·as·per·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb

    exasperate or irritate

  2. infuriate, exasperate, incenseverb

    make furious

  3. worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb

    make worse

    "This drug aggravates the pain"

Wiktionary

  1. exasperateverb

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To EXASPERATEverb

    Etymology: exaspero, Latin.

    To take the widow,
    Exasperates, makes mad her sister Goneril. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

    The people of Italy, who run into news and politicks, have something to exasperate them against the king of France. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

    Matters grew more exasperate between the two kings of England and France, for the auxiliary forces of French and English were much blooded one against another. Francis Bacon.

    When our ambition is unable to attain its end, it is not only wearied, but exasperated too at the vanity of its labours. Thomas Parnell, to Pope.

    The plaister alone would pen the humour already contained in the part, and so exasperate it Francis Bacon, Natural History.

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  1. exasperate

    To exasperate is to intensely irritate or frustrate someone to a high degree. It can also refer to the state of being annoyed or irritated to an extreme point.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exasperateadjective

    exasperated; imbittered

  2. Exasperateverb

    to irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings

  3. Exasperateverb

    to make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity

  4. Etymology: [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Exasperate

    egz-as′pėr-āt, v.t. to make very angry: to irritate in a high degree.—p.adj. irritated.—adjs. Exas′perating, Exas′perative, provoking.—ns. Exasperā′tion, act of irritating; state of being exasperated: provocation: rage: aggravation; Exas′perator. [L. ex, inten., asperāre, to make rough—asper, rough.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exasperate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exasperate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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