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- Dictionaryexasperated/iɡˈzaspəˌrādəd/
adjective
- 1. intensely irritated and frustrated: "an exasperated expression"
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Exasperated means having or showing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and difference between exasperate and exacerbate.
Exasperate means to cause irritation or annoyance to, or to excite the anger of. It comes from Latin exasperare, whose base, asper, means "rough." See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
Exasperated means annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem. Learn more about this adjective, its pronunciation, translations and related words and phrases.
Exasperate means to make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem. Learn more about the verb exasperate, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Exasperated definition: feeling or expressing extreme annoyance or irritation. See examples of EXASPERATED used in a sentence.
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. adjective. Botany. rough; covered with hard, projecting points, as a leaf.
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.
