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adjective
- 1. intensely irritating and frustrating: "they suffered a number of exasperating setbacks"
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EXASPERATING definition: 1. annoying, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem: 2. annoying, especially…. Learn more.
: causing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance. an exasperating delay. After the most frustrating, aggravating and exasperating two days of his career … Jack Curry. The following days brought light fluky winds and I made only 35 miles of progress in two days. It was very exasperating. Tom Peterson. exasperatingly adverb.
EXASPERATE definition: 1. to make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem 2. to make…. Learn more.
to cause irritation or annoyance to; to excite the anger of : enrage; to make more grievous : aggravate… See the full definition
Exasperate definition: to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely. See examples of EXASPERATE used in a sentence.
to make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem. Synonym. infuriate. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to annoy someone. annoy It annoys me that you're always late. bother It bothers me that you don't help with the dishes. irritate After a while her behavior really began to irritate me.
1. To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly. 2. To increase the gravity or intensity of: "a scene ... that exasperates his rose fever and makes him sneeze" (Samuel Beckett). [Latin exasperāre, exasperāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + asperāre, to make rough (from asper, rough).] ex·as′per·at′ed·ly adv. ex·as′per·at′er n.
Definition of exasperating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone or something as exasperating, you mean that you feel angry or frustrated by them or by what they do. More Pronunciations of the word 'exasperating'
To exasperate someone is to annoy him or her to the point of impatience, frustration and irritation, like when you exasperate a busy waiter by asking questions like "what are all the ingredients in the salad dressing?" and making him repeat the specials five times.
