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Meaning of 'exasperate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Exasperate [ a.]
- Exasperated; imbittered.
2 . Exasperate [ v. t.]
- 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 make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

Meaning of 'exasperate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . exasperate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make worse
Example in sentence:
  • This drug aggravates the pain

Nearby Words:

exacerbate exacerbation exacerbescence exacerrated exacerrating exacervation exacinate exacination exacritude exact

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