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adjective
- 1. intensely irritated and frustrated: "an exasperated expression"
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EXASPERATED definition: 1. annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem: 2. annoyed, especially…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXASPERATED is having or showing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance. How to use exasperated in a sentence. Exacerbate vs. Exasperate
to cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone: His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him. (Definition of exasperate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of exasperate. exasperate. He had certainly never felt more humiliated and exasperated. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
verb. ex· as· per· ate ig-ˈza-spə-ˌrāt. exasperated; exasperating. Synonyms of exasperate. transitive verb. 1. a. : to cause irritation or annoyance to. It's a conundrum for any playwright: How do you enliven characters who alternately bore and exasperate each other? Michael Phillips.
greatly irritated or annoyed; infuriated. an exasperated employee. Eventually Jordan shrugged and with an exasperated expression sat down. 'No, he's not sick,' she replied in an exasperated voice. Welland gave an exasperated sigh and turned back. Eleanor gave her father an exasperated look.
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.
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.
verb (used with object) , ex·as·per·at·ed, ex·as·per·at·ing. to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely: He was exasperated by the senseless delays. Synonyms: infuriate, inflame, vex, anger, provoke, incense. Archaic. to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.). Synonyms: exacerbate.
Definition of exasperate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Exasperated definition: feeling or expressing extreme annoyance or irritation. See examples of EXASPERATED used in a sentence.
