You can see both sides of almost any issue -- and while it might exasperate your friends and lead to a few Hamlet moments, you're perfectly happy with your broad perspective.
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Exasperate
//ɪɡˈzæsp(ə)ɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "exasperate" (175 found)
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Verb(26 words)
devildisgruntleexacerbatefrustrategetget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone the shitsgrate
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43 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παροργίζω verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разгневявам verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- раздразвам verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Catalan
1 entries- exasperar verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 使(sb.) 恼怒 verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Czech
4 entries- dráždit verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- podráždit verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- popudit verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- rozčilovat verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Dutch
1 entries- tot wanhoop drijven verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉagreni verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Finnish
2 entries- suututtaa verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- ärsyttää verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
French
1 entries- exaspérer verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
German
3 entries- auf die Palme bringen verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- aufbringen verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- verärgern verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Greek
1 entries- εξοργίζω verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Hungarian
4 entries- bosszant verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- bőszít verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- dühít verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- felbőszít verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Ido
2 entries- exasperar verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- iracigar verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Irish
1 entries- cráigh verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Italian
1 entries- esasperare verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Māori
3 entries- rangirangi verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- whakahōhā verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- whakakawakawa verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Norman
1 entries- rébéqui verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Persian
1 entries- کفر کسی را در آوردن verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Polish
1 entries- wkurzać verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Portuguese
1 entries- exasperar verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Russian
4 entries- беси́ть verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- возмущать verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- изводи́ть verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
- приводи́ть в я́рость verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sàraich verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Spanish
1 entries- exasperar verb (frustrate, vex, annoy)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Exasperate no-one.
Source: tatoeba (8784015)
No coaxing could induce them to advance, and the application of the whip only seemed to exasperate their obstinacy.
Source: tatoeba (11620123)
Sorry, I didn't mean to exasperate you with my endless questions.
Source: tatoeba (13565882)
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