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Definition of exasperate : 1. Exasperated; imbittered.
2. 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.
3. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

Synonyms:

incense, ruffle, gall, worsen, pain, offend, affront, bug, provoke, cense, feelings, displease, thurify, decline, nettle, put out, rile, insult, get, outrage, wound

infuriate, nag, aggravate, needle, hassle, trouble, envenom, disturb, arouse, fret, irk, exacerbate, harass, harry, tease, pester, grate, bother, vex, upset, enrage, annoy, torment, antagonize, bait, badger, rankle, inflame, perturb, discompose, chafe, irritate, bedevil, peeve

madden, anger, study at irritate

Usage examples:

• There was a thought tormenting his brain, a terrifying thought he had pledged himself not to dismiss, and it seemed to exasperate him against Pennyloaf. - "The Nether World", George Gissing.
• His mother's words and manner seemed to exasperate her son beyond endurance, and he exclaimed passionately: Well, curse it all! - "A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century", E. P. Roe.
• Yet Amber's impulse was to wait, and he faltered- something which seemed to exasperate the Gurkha, who fairly danced with excitement and impatience. - "The Bronze Bell", Louis Joseph Vance.