exasperateverb [ T ]
uk/ɪɡˈzɑː.spə.reɪt/us/ɪɡˈzæs.pə.reɪt/to make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- harass
- nose
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- stick in sb's throat idiom
- tee
- toe
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Examples from literature
- I do not wish to exasperate the populace, replied the duke.
- No answer he could have made could have more exasperated her.