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- pronunciation:
- ihg
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
exasperates, exasperating, exasperated |
| definition 1: |
to annoy or irritate greatly; cause to lose patience.
The student's refusal to do any homework exasperated the teacher.- synonyms:
- irk, provoke, rile, tee off
- antonyms:
- appease, mollify, please
- similar words:
- aggravate, annoy, bug, frustrate, goad, irritate, miff, nettle, peeve, plague, prod, rankle, ruffle, vex
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| definition 2: |
to increase the intensity or severity of (suffering, anger, or the like).
Tempers were flaring among those waiting in line, and the heat of the day exasperated the situation.- synonyms:
- aggravate, exacerbate, heighten
- antonyms:
- appease
- similar words:
- intensify, nettle, pique, worsen
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| related words: |
bother, enrage, gnaw, grate, gripe, madden, offend, persecute, rile, tire, trouble, wear |
adverb + (v.)exasperate
clearly, completely, easily, finally, little, mildly, obviously, slightly, somewhat, suddenly, utterly, visibly
(v.)exasperate
+ noun
lack, refusal, regime
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The word exasperate
contains the following parts:
asper
Latin
root
that means rough
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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