EXASPERATED

exasperated, cheesed off, browned off

(adjective) greatly annoyed; out of patience; “had an exasperated look on his face”; “felt exasperated beyond endurance”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

exasperated

simple past tense and past participle of exasperate

Adjective

exasperated (comparative more exasperated, superlative most exasperated)

Having one's patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.

Made worse or more intense.

Source: Wiktionary


EXASPERATE

Ex*as"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.]

Definition: Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak. Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs. Browning.

Ex*as"per*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]

1. 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. To exsasperate them against the king of France. Addison.

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity. To exasperate the ways of death. Sir T. Browne.

Syn.

– To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

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