Search results
- Dictionaryexasperating/ɪɡˈzasp(ə)reɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. intensely irritating and frustrating: "they suffered a number of exasperating setbacks"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
EXASPERATING definition: 1. annoying, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem: 2. annoying, especially…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXASPERATING is causing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance. How to use exasperating in a sentence.
: to cause irritation or annoyance to. It's a conundrum for any playwright: How do you enliven characters who alternately bore and exasperate each other? Michael Phillips. It's a demanding dining experience that may exhaust and exasperate some customers … Thomas Matthews.
to cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone: His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him. (Definition of exasperate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of exasperate. exasperate. He had certainly never felt more humiliated and exasperated. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Something that's exasperating is frustrating or irritating. Your exasperating roommate might talk loudly on the phone late into the night and then wake up early to make his breakfast and leave your sink full of dirty dishes.
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely: He was exasperated by the senseless delays. Synonyms: infuriate, inflame, vex, anger, provoke, incense. Archaic. to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.). Synonyms: exacerbate. adjective. Botany. rough; covered with hard, projecting points, as a leaf.
Definition of exasperating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
