Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exasperating"
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)
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}]
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