exasperated
Use Exasperated in a sentenceex·as·per·ate
[v. ig-zas-puh-reyt; adj. ig-zas-per-it] verb, ex·as·per·at·ed, ex·as·per·at·ing, adjective 
pəˌreɪt; verb (used with object)
1.
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely: He was exasperated by the senseless delays.
2.
Archaic. to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.).
adjective
3.
Botany. rough; covered with hard, projecting points, as a leaf.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin exasperātus (past participle of exasperāre to make rough, provoke), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + asper harsh, rough + -ātus -ate1
1525–35; < Latin exasperātus (past participle of exasperāre to make rough, provoke), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + asper harsh, rough + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ex·as·per·at·ed·ly, adverb
ex·as·per·at·er, noun
ex·as·per·at·ing·ly, adverb
un·ex·as·per·at·ed, adjective
un·ex·as·per·at·ing, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause great irritation or anger to; infuriate |
| 2. | to cause (an unpleasant feeling, condition, etc) to worsen; aggravate |
| —adj | |
| 3. | botany having a rough prickly surface because of the presence of hard projecting points |
| [C16: from Latin exasperāre to make rough, from asper rough] | |
| ex'asperatedly | |
| —adv | |
| ex'asperater | |
| —n | |
| ex'asperating | |
| —adj | |
| ex'asperatingly | |
| —adv | |
| exasper'ation | |
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Word Origin & History
exasperate
1530s, from L. exasperatus, pp. of exasperare "roughen, irritate," from ex- "thoroughly" + asper "rough." Related: Exasperated; exasperating.
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Example sentences
Both looked exhausted, dehydrated, exasperated.
The driver will shoo your hands away from the safety device with an exasperated huff.
Their mother's exasperated reactions to Ben's insensitivity are comically realistic.
One might suppose that an exasperated public would sternly castigate these modern sins.
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