Exasperate synonyms and antonyms

ĭg-zăs'pə-rāt'

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irritate
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
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annoy
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
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tire
To become in need of rest; become weary or fatigued through exertion
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anger (related)
The definition of anger is to make someone mad or aggravated.
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please (antonym)
To be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy
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calm (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become calm.
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try one's patience
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aggravate
The definition of aggravate means to make worse or to annoy.
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disturb
To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset:
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exacerbate
Exacerbate is defined as to make worse or more severe.
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agitate
To stir up interest and support through speeches and writing so as to produce changes
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bother
(Intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
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enrage
To put into a rage; infuriate.
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excite
To arouse strong feeling in:
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gall
Gall is defined as to irritate by rubbing.
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imbitter
Alternative spelling of embitter.
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incense
Incense is defined as to make someone very mad.
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inflame
To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
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intensify
To become intense or increase in intensity
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nettle
Nettle is defined as to sting, poke or annoy.
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rile
Rile is defined as to anger or annoy.
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ruffle
To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
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upset
To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
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placate (antonym)
To stop from being angry; appease; pacify; mollify
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comfort (antonym)
(Law) To help; aid
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ease (antonym)
To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
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soothe (antonym)
To make calm or composed, as by gentle treatment, flattery, etc.; appease; mollify
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bug
Bug is slang meaning to annoy someone.
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chafe
(Intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
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fret
Wiseman
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get
To receive.
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irk
To annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc.
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peeve
To cause to be annoyed or resentful.
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provoke
To anger, irritate, or annoy
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put out
To sail away, to depart.
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vex
(Now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
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get in one's hair
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get on one's nerves
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feelings (related)
To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations
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pain (related)
Pain is defined as to hurt or cause suffering.
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worsen
To make or become worse.
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infuriate
To cause to become very angry; enrage
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better (antonym)
To a greater extent or degree:
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incredulous (related)
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indignant (related)
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embitter (related)
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embarrassed (related)
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irritated (related)
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perplex (related)
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enraged (related)
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impatient (related)
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frustrated (related)
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uncomprehending (related)
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annoyed (related)
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nonplus (related)
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madden
To make or become mad; make or become insane, angry, frustrated, etc.
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  • Alcohol has a tendency to exasperate already tense situations, so abstaining is usually a good way to go.

  • This step was well calculated to delight the followers of Ali, but it could not fail to exasperate the Abbasids and their partisans.

  • He became, and could not but become, a persecutor in and out of Spain; and his persecutions not only hardened the obstinacy of the Dutch, and helped to exasperate the English, but they provoked a revolt of the Moriscoes, which impoverished his kingdom.

  • The sense of injury, no doubt, contributed to exasperate Sarpi's feelings towards the court of Rome.

  • At other points of the coast the British navy was employed in punitive expeditions against the coast towns - as for example the burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) in October 1775 - which served to exasperate, rather than to weaken the enemy, or the unsuccessful attack on Charleston, S.C., in June 1776.

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