Exasperate
verb
To really annoy or irritate someone.
His constant whining exasperates me.
Often appears as...
- exasperate somebody
- exasperate patience
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make a bad situation worse.
The loud noise exasperated the tension in the room.
Often appears as...
- exasperate situation
- exasperate tension
verb
To really annoy or irritate someone.
His constant whining exasperates me.
Often appears as...
- exasperate somebody
- exasperate patience
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make a bad situation worse.
The loud noise exasperated the tension in the room.
Often appears as...
- exasperate situation
- exasperate tension
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Scale
Exasperate means more than 'annoy'; it suggests deep frustration, often with someone's behavior.
The constant lateness of his team members exasperated the coach.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Reaction
Using 'exasperate' can imply that you're on the verge of losing your patience.
I was so exasperated that I nearly walked out of the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Triggers
The word 'exasperate' is often used for repeated actions that frustrate over time.
His excuses started to exasperate everyone around him.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Scale
Exasperate means more than 'annoy'; it suggests deep frustration, often with someone's behavior.
The constant lateness of his team members exasperated the coach.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Reaction
Using 'exasperate' can imply that you're on the verge of losing your patience.
I was so exasperated that I nearly walked out of the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Triggers
The word 'exasperate' is often used for repeated actions that frustrate over time.
His excuses started to exasperate everyone around him.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Scale
Exasperate means more than 'annoy'; it suggests deep frustration, often with someone's behavior.
The constant lateness of his team members exasperated the coach.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Reaction
Using 'exasperate' can imply that you're on the verge of losing your patience.
I was so exasperated that I nearly walked out of the meeting.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Triggers
The word 'exasperate' is often used for repeated actions that frustrate over time.
His excuses started to exasperate everyone around him.
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Color blind or color...
without taking a breath. And every single time I failed, I had to start over. And I failed a lot. By the end, I got it, but when I got out of the pool, I was exasperated and tired and annoyed, and I said, "Why are we doing breath-holding exercises?" And my coach looked me at me, and he said, "Mellody,
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The science of...
exasperate it don't you ever do anything else but as soon as I said it I realized they were doing something else they were sitting in close proximity and doing the human equivalent of grooming laughing and talking and strengthening their bond
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The Sinking of the SS...
tim is exasperated he hears the explosion and sees the smoke he assumes the torpedo has struck home but still the vessel stays afloat after tim fired four torpedoes he had to reconsider a situation because
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
The wish was granted, and Yamraj rode on. But still Savitri’s footsteps echoed behind him. Exasperated, the God granted her a second wish.
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Color blind or color...
without taking a breath. And every single time I failed, I had to start over. And I failed a lot. By the end, I got it, but when I got out of the pool, I was exasperated and tired and annoyed, and I said, "Why are we doing breath-holding exercises?" And my coach looked me at me, and he said, "Mellody,
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The science of...
exasperate it don't you ever do anything else but as soon as I said it I realized they were doing something else they were sitting in close proximity and doing the human equivalent of grooming laughing and talking and strengthening their bond
Video examples
The Sinking of the SS...
tim is exasperated he hears the explosion and sees the smoke he assumes the torpedo has struck home but still the vessel stays afloat after tim fired four torpedoes he had to reconsider a situation because
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
The wish was granted, and Yamraj rode on. But still Savitri’s footsteps echoed behind him. Exasperated, the God granted her a second wish.
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Quote examples
John Dickerson
American Journalist
When the kids were young, they just wanted to be around us. We were units of comfort and support. As they get older, we work the turnstile, helping the exasperated customer pass whatever temporary obstacle is keeping them from their next exciting thing. Now we're the ones who just like having them in the room.
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Ron Williams
American Businessman
Much of a leader's responsibility in creating a positive, high-performance culture is setting the right tone and acting on it consistently. That day-to-day execution - the tenor and tone - really makes the difference. One deviation - one exasperating meeting - and the CEO legitimizes bad behavior.
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Lynne Ramsay
Scottish Director
My brother and my mother had a really difficult relationship; he would exasperate her to death but she'd always be there for him, she always loved him even if she didn't like him at the moment.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
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Howard Hodgkin
British Artist
I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated.
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John Updike
American Novelist
What interests me is why men think of women as witches. It's because they're so fascinating and exasperating, so other.
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Noel Coward
English Playwright
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
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Rae Carson
American Writer
I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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Donald Judd
American Artist
Well, its very exasperating when you can't get it right.
Quote examples
John Dickerson
American Journalist
When the kids were young, they just wanted to be around us. We were units of comfort and support. As they get older, we work the turnstile, helping the exasperated customer pass whatever temporary obstacle is keeping them from their next exciting thing. Now we're the ones who just like having them in the room.
Quote examples
Ron Williams
American Businessman
Much of a leader's responsibility in creating a positive, high-performance culture is setting the right tone and acting on it consistently. That day-to-day execution - the tenor and tone - really makes the difference. One deviation - one exasperating meeting - and the CEO legitimizes bad behavior.
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Lynne Ramsay
Scottish Director
My brother and my mother had a really difficult relationship; he would exasperate her to death but she'd always be there for him, she always loved him even if she didn't like him at the moment.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
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Howard Hodgkin
British Artist
I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated.
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John Updike
American Novelist
What interests me is why men think of women as witches. It's because they're so fascinating and exasperating, so other.
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Noel Coward
English Playwright
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
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Rae Carson
American Writer
I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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Donald Judd
American Artist
Well, its very exasperating when you can't get it right.
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