|
|
Definition of Exasperate
1. Verb. Exasperate or irritate. "The bad news will Exasperate him"
Generic synonyms: Anger
Derivative terms: Aggravation, Aggravation, Aggravator, Exacerbation, Exasperation, Exasperation
2. Verb. Make furious. "The performance is likely to Exasperate Sue"
Generic synonyms: Anger
Derivative terms: Exasperation, Exasperation, Fury, Fury, Infuriation
3. Verb. Make worse. ; "This drug aggravates the pain"
Specialized synonyms: Irritate, Inflame, Cheapen, Degrade
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Aggravation, Exacerbation, Worsening
Antonyms: Better
Definition of Exasperate
1. a. Exasperated; imbittered.
2. v. t. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.
Definition of Exasperate
1. Verb. To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy; to make angry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exasperate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exasperate
Literary usage of Exasperate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1826)
"... but the latter growing more and more insolent, as if determined to exasperate
and insult the king, he went such lengths as to defend Parmenio publicly, ..."
2. A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett by William Leggett, Theodore Sedgwick (1840)
"Their natural effect is to exasperate opponents and abate the zeal of friends.
CONNECTION OF STATE WITH BANKING. [From the Plaindealer, May 6, 1837. ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"That was to exasperate the savages, whet their thirst for revenge, and to stir
them to greater insolence and warlike spirit, so that no interfere with his ..."
4. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1825)
"The root-and-branch men, meantime, continued to exasperate popular feeling against
the Bishops, by prosecuting the charge concerning the canons, ..."
5. Memoirs & Travels of Sir John Reresby, Bart by John Reresby (1904)
"... it would look as if I had no power, and debase me into contempt; and that if
I displaced too many, it might exasperate the city against me, ..."
6. Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation by John Strype (1822)
"Account of another *erman preached before her, to exasperate her against her
Protestant subjects. 10 entertain the Queen's devotion this Lent, ..."
7. Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 by Robert Walsh (1831)
"XIII. Irish and German Soldiers.—Strong Prejudices of the Brazilians.—Treatment
of the Irish.—Means taken to exasperate them.—Mutiny among the Germans at S. ..."
Other Resources:
