Exasperate synonyms

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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anger (related)
The definition of anger is to make someone mad or aggravated.
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tire
To become in need of rest; become weary or fatigued through exertion
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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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madden
To make or become mad; make or become insane, angry, frustrated, etc.
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try one's patience
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bother (related)
(Intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
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aggravate
The definition of aggravate means to make worse or to annoy.
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agitate
To stir up interest and support through speeches and writing so as to produce changes
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disturb
To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset:
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enrage
To put into a rage; infuriate.
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exacerbate
Exacerbate is defined as to make worse or more severe.
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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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Exasperate Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • Darnley at once threw himself into the arms of the party opposed to the policy of the queen and her secretary - a policy which at that moment was doubly and trebly calculated to exasperate the fears of the religious and the pride of the patriotic. Mary was invited if not induced by the king of Spain to join his league for the suppression of Protestantism; while the actual or prospective endowment of Rizzio with Morton's office of chancellor, and the projected attainder of Murray and his allies, combined to inflame at once the anger and the apprehension of the Protestant nobles.

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