English-Thai Dictionary

exasperate

VT ทำให้ ฉุนเฉียว  ทำให้ โกรธ  ทำให้ โมโห  annoy irritate provoke tam-hai-chun-chiao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXASPERATE

v.t.[L. exaspero, to irritate; ex and aspero, from asper, rough, harsh. ] 1. To anger; to irritate to a high degree; to provoke to rage; to enrage; to excite anger, or to inflame it to an extreme degree. We say, to exasperate a person, or to exasperate the passion of anger or resentment.
2. To aggravate; to embitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
3. To augment violence; to increase malignity; to exacerbate; as, to exasperate pain or a part inflamed.

 

EXASPERATE

a.Provoked; embittered; inflamed.

 

EXASPERATED

pp. Highly angered or irritated; provoked; enraged; embittered; increased in violence.

 

EXASPERATER

n.One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity or violence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXASPERATE

Ex *as "per *ate, a. Etym: [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity. ]

 

Defn: Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs. ] Shak. Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs. Browning.

 

EXASPERATE

Ex *as "per *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated; p. pr. & vb. n.Exasperating. ]

 

1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings. To exsasperate them against the king of France. Addison.

 

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity. To exasperate the ways of death. Sir T. Browne.

 

Syn. -- To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

 

EXASPERATER

EXASPERATER Ex *as "per *a `ter, n.

 

Defn: One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exasperate

ex as per ate |igˈzaspəˌrāt ɪɡˈzæspəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] irritate intensely; infuriate: this futile process exasperates prison officials | (as adj. exasperated ) : she grew exasperated with his inability to notice anything. DERIVATIVES ex as per at ed ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin exasperat- ‘irritated to anger, ’ from the verb exasperare (based on asper ‘rough ’). usage: The verbs exasperate and exacerbate are sometimes confused. Exasperate, the more common of the two, means ‘irritate or annoy to an extreme degree ’ ( He calls me three times a day asking for money. It's exasperating! ). Exacerbate means ‘increase the bitterness or severity of ’ ( the star shortstop's loud self-congratulations only exacerbated his teammates ’ resentment ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

exasperate

exasperate |ɪgˈzasp (ə )reɪt, ɛg- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] irritate intensely; infuriate: this futile process exasperates prison officers. DERIVATIVES exasperatedly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin exasperat- ‘irritated to anger ’, from the verb exasperare (based on asper ‘rough ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

exasperate

exasperate verb her bratty children exasperate their teachers: infuriate, incense, anger, annoy, irritate, madden, enrage, antagonize, provoke, irk, vex, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, rub the wrong way; informal aggravate, rile, bug, needle, get someone's back up, get someone's goat, tee off, tick off. ANTONYMS please. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS exasperate, exacerbate The verbs exasperate and exacerbate are sometimes confused. Exasperate, the more common of the two, means 'to irritate or annoy to an extreme degree' (He emails me stupid jokes all day long. It's exasperating! ). Exacerbate means 'to increase the bitterness or severity' of something (why does she insist on saying 'helpful' things that only exacerbate matters? ).These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

exasperate

exasperate verb Smith's erratic behaviour exasperated him: infuriate, incense, anger, annoy, irritate, madden, enrage, send into a rage, inflame, antagonize, provoke, irk, vex, gall, pique, try someone's patience, get on someone's nerves, make someone's blood boil, make someone's hackles rise, make someone see red, get someone's back up, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, drive to distraction; informal aggravate, drive mad, drive crazy, bug, needle, rile, miff, hack off, get to, get at, get up someone's nose, get under someone's skin, put someone's nose out of joint, get someone's goat, give someone the hump, rattle someone's cage, get someone's dander up; Brit. informal nark, wind up, get on someone's wick; N. Amer. informal tee off, tick off, burn up, rankle, ride, gravel; rare exacerbate, hump, rasp. ANTONYMS please, delight. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS exasperate or exacerbate? These words may be confused on account of their similar sound; but their meanings are different. Exasperate means ‘irritate intensely ’ (his colleague's erratic behaviour exasperated him ). Exacerbate, on the other hand, means ‘make (an existing problem ) worse ’ (anaemia may be exacerbated by some medicines ). Someone's late arrival may exasperate his colleagues, and this in turn may exacerbate the tension between them. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exasperate

ex as per ate /ɪɡzǽspərèɪt , ｟英 ｠-zɑ́ːs -/動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を (ひどく )怒らせる, 立腹させる .2 ｟まれ ｠〈病気 苦痛 〉を悪化させる .

 

exasperated

ex á s per à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 «…に » 腹を立てた, 憤激した «with, at, by » .～ly 副詞 腹を立てて, 憤激して .