Associations to the word «Exasperate»

Wiktionary

EXASPERATE, verb. To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy; to make angry.
EXASPERATE, adjective. (obsolete) Exasperated; embittered.

Dictionary definition

EXASPERATE, verb. Exasperate or irritate.
EXASPERATE, verb. Make furious.
EXASPERATE, verb. Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats