单词 | exasperate |
释义 | exasperate/ɪɡˈzasp(ə)reɪt / /ɛɡˈzasp(ə)reɪt/verb [with object] Irritate intensely; infuriate: this futile process exasperates prison officers...
Synonyms infuriate, incense, anger, annoy, irritate, madden, enrage, send into a rage, inflame, antagonize, provoke, irk, vex, gall, pique, try someone's patience, get on someone's nerves, make someone's blood boil, make someone's hackles rise, make someone see red, get someone's back up, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, drive to distraction informal aggravate, drive mad, drive crazy, bug, needle, rile, miff, hack off, get to, get at, get up someone's nose, get under someone's skin, put someone's nose out of joint, get someone's goat, give someone the hump, rattle someone's cage, get someone's dander up British informal nark, wind up, get on someone's wick North American informal tee off, tick off, burn up, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out rare exacerbate, hump, rasp infuriating, annoying, irritating, maddening, antagonizing, provoking, irking, irksome, vexing, vexatious, galling, trying, troublesome, bothersome, displeasing informal aggravating, cussed, pesky, confounded, infernal, plaguy, pestilent Derivativesexasperatedly
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin exasperat- 'irritated to anger', from the verb exasperare (based on asper 'rough').
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