Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exasperate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets
spinning. --Mrs.
Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exasperate
v 1: exasperate or irritate [syn: {exacerbate}, {aggravate}]
2: make furious [syn: {outrage}, {infuriate}, {incense}]
3: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen},
{aggravate}, {exacerbate}] [ant: {better}]
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