Exasperating

exasperating
    adj 1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness
           of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating
           day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless
           tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn:
           {exasperating}, {infuriating}, {maddening}, {vexing}]
    2: making worse [syn: {aggravating}, {exacerbating},
       {exasperating}]
    

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
      excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
      person or his feelings.
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            To exsasperate them against the king of France.
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
      aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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            To exasperate the ways of death.      --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   Syn: To irritate; provoke. See {Irritate}.
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exasperating \exasperating\ adj.
   1. extremely annoying or displeasing.

   Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing.
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   2. same as {exacerbating}.

   Syn: aggravating, exacerbating.
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35 Moby Thesaurus words for "exasperating":
      aggravating, aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome,
      contentious, disturbing, exasperative, galling, harassing,
      importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky,
      pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
      plaguey, plaguing, provocative, provoking, teasing, tiresome,
      tormenting, troublesome, troubling, vexatious, vexing, wearisome,
      worrisome, worrying