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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: exasperate v 1: exasperate or irritate [syn: {exacerbate}, {aggravate}] 2: make furious [syn: {outrage}, {enfuriate}, {infuriate}, {incense}] 3: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen}, {aggravate}, {exacerbate}] [ant: {better}]
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