exasperate

1 exasperate or irritate [syn: exacerbate, aggravate]

2 make furious [syn: infuriate, incense]

3 make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate] [ant: better]

English

Pronunciation

Verb

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

   1851 ''The picture represents a Cape-Horner in a great hurricane; the half-foundered ship weltering there with its three dismantled masts alone visible; and an exasperated whale, purposing to spring clean over the craft, is in the enormous act of impaling himself upon the three mast-heads. — Herman Melville, Moby Dick.''

Translations

• Dutch: tot het uiterste drijven
• French: exaspérer
• Scottish Gaelic: sàraich
• Spanish: exasperar

See also

• exasperated

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