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Antonyms for exasperate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ig-zas-puh-reyt; adjective ig-zas-per-it
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt; adjective ɪgˈzæs pər ɪt


Definition of exasperate

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin exasperatus, past participle of exasperare "roughen, irritate, provoke," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + asper "rough" (see asperity). Related: Exasperated; exasperating.
  • verb upset, provoke
Example sentences :
  • Rather submit to anything than exasperate his enemies; so she rose, with an effort.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • Erasmus wished to please the Pope and not exasperate Luther.
  • Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
  • It would not subdue the savages; it would only exasperate them.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The effect of this dialogue on the listener was not to melt, but exasperate her.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 » by Various
  • Bendel would shrug his shoulders, grin, and exasperate his wife.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 8 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • My wintry smile at that resemblance seemed to exasperate him.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
  • Knowing what was his want, how could she exasperate it by talking thus of her own?
  • Extract from : « The Belton Estate » by Anthony Trollope
  • Marjory smiled deliberately as though to exasperate her; I smiled because Marjory was smiling.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
  • You know, it does exasperate me the way people will not leave things alone.
  • Extract from : « The Circle » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • I don't care a rap—as you elegantly express it—what airs you put on to exasperate me.
  • Extract from : « Dariel » by R. D. Blackmore

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