Antonyms for exasperating

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb ig-zas-puh-reyt; adjective ig-zas-per-it

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt; adjective ɪgˈzæs pər ɪt

Definition of exasperating

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 :

Then the exasperating remembrance, with its cruel irony, returned to him.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

The idea that Rose might lose her beauty was exasperating him.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Very well, so much the better; the woman has been exasperating me!
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Another who troubled her, who persisted in living with exasperating obstinacy!
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Into the details of this exasperating task we cannot here enter.
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More

That is the pitiful part of it, pitiful and yet exasperating.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

She experienced an exasperating effect of trying to see round a corner.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

It was incredible, and, besides being incredible, it was exasperating.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

This, in our constant state of hungry irritation, was exasperating.
Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad

It is corded and wired in the most exasperating way, but at last I get it open.
Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray

Synonyms for exasperating

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