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Definition: exasperate
exasperate
v 1: exasperate or irritate [syn:
exacerbate,
aggravate]
2: make furious [syn:
infuriate,
incense]
3: make worse;
“This drug aggravates the pain” [syn:
worsen,
aggravate,
exacerbate] [ant:
better]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exasperate
Exasperate
\Ex*as"per*ate\, a. [L. exasperatus, p. p. of
exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) +
asperare to make rough, asper rough. See
Asperity.]
Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Like swallows which the exasperate dying year
Sets spinning. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Exasperate
\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
excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
person or his feelings.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: To irritate; provoke. See
Irritate.
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