exasperate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exasperate | |
he / she / it exasperates | |
past simple exasperated | |
past participle exasperated | |
-ing form exasperating |
- exasperate somebody
to annoy somebody very much synonym infuriate使烦恼;使恼怒;激怒 Her moods exasperated him. 她的坏脾气让他很生气。 She was clearly exasperated by all my questions. 她显然对我问个没完感到恼火。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin exasperat- ‘irritated to anger’, from the verb exasperare (based on asper ‘rough’).