Exasperate: meaning, example and synonyms
Exasperatev. To irritate someone intensely; to try their patience.
Example
The committee's constant demands for revisions exasperated the architect, who had already redesigned the library's entrance four times.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- infuriate, irritate, vex, aggravate
- Antonyms
- soothe, placate, mollify, calm
- Memory tip
- Ex (thoroughly) + asper (rough): rubbing someone entirely the wrong way.
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Check yourself: Exasperate in context
The constant delays ______ the passengers, who had already spent six hours stranded at the airport.
Answer: exasperated. Endless delays after six hours stranded would intensely irritate passengers: exasperated. Delays can't stipulate, recant or expedite people.
Students' repeated failure to cite their sources ______ the professor, who had explained the rules in every lecture.
Answer: exasperated. Repeated failures after constant reminders try a teacher's patience: exasperated. Failures can't decry, stipulate or curtail a professor.