exasperate
v.
anger, infuriate, annoy, irritate
exasperar
v.
exasperate; tantalize; acerbate, aggravate
exasperarse
v.
become exasperated
Exasperate
(v. t.)
To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
(v. t.)
To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.
(a.)
Exasperated; imbittered.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
exasperate
Verb
1. exasperate or irritate
(synonym) exacerbate, aggravate
(hypernym) anger
(derivation) aggravation, exasperation
2. make furious
(synonym) infuriate, incense
(hypernym) anger
(derivation) aggravation, exasperation
3. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
(synonym) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) irritate
exasperar
= outrage + Posesivo + every fiber, roil, drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, rile, enrage, exasperate.
Ex: And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
Ex: If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.
Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.
Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.
Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
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* exasperar a Alguien = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, get on + Pronombre + nerves, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
* exasperarse por = become + carried away by.