infuriating, annoying, irritating
anger, infuriate, annoy, irritate
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Exasperating Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Exasperate
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Exasperate
exasperating
adj
1. extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "i've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn: infuriating, maddening, vexing]
2. making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating]
Adjective
1. extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"
(synonym) infuriating, maddening, vexing
(similar) displeasing
2. making worse
(synonym) aggravating, exacerbating
(similar) intensifying
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
