Synonyms for exasperate
ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt; -pər ɪtex·as·per·ate

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1. exasperate

   One may be annoyed by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant, irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune, wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend. To tease is to give some slight and perhaps playful annoyance. Aggravate in the sense of offend is colloquial. To provoke, literally to call out or challenge, is to begin a contest; one provokes another to violence. To affront is to offer some defiant offense or indignity, as it were, to one's face; it is somewhat less than to insult. Compare PIQUE.

   Synonyms:
   affront, aggravate, annoy, displease, insult, irritate, offend, provoke, tease, vex, wound

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please

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1. exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb

   exasperate or irritate

   Synonyms:
   infuriate, incense, worsen, exacerbate, aggravate

2. infuriate, exasperate, incenseverb

   make furious

   Synonyms:
   incense, thurify, aggravate, infuriate, cense, exacerbate, worsen

3. worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb

   make worse

   "This drug aggravates the pain"

   Synonyms:
   infuriate, incense, worsen, decline, exacerbate, aggravate

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1. • Anger
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1. exasperateverb

   Synonyms:
   irritate, provoke, chafe, vex, nettle, incense, anger, affront, offend, enrage, make angry

2. exasperateverb

   Synonyms:
   exacerbate, inflame, render more violent

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1. exasperateverb

   Synonyms:
   provoke, irritate, incense, anger, aggravate, imbitter, intensify

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