What does exasperate mean?
Definitions for exasperate
ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt; -pər ɪtex·as·per·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb
exasperate or irritate
infuriate, exasperate, incenseverb
make furious
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
Wiktionary
exasperateverb
To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy; to make angry.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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
Exasperateadjective
exasperated; imbittered
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
Exasperateverb
to make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity
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
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of exasperate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of exasperate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- раздразвам, разгневявамBulgarian
- exasperarCatalan, Valencian
- exasperarSpanish
- عصبانیPersian
- suututtaa, ärsyttääFinnish
- exaspérerFrench
- sàraichScottish Gaelic
- feldühít, felbőszít, dühítHungarian
- iracigarIdo
- esasperareItalian
- לְהַרְגִיז מְאֹדHebrew
- 憤慨するJapanese
- tot wanhoop drijvenDutch
- wkurzaćPolish
- exasperarPortuguese
- возмущать, сердить, раздражать, изводить, приводить в ярость, беситьRussian
- غیر معمولیUrdu
- צעשטערןYiddish
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