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Definitions
Exasperate means to irritate or make worse.
Word origin
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin exasperātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin exasperō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex (“out of; thoroughly”) + asperō (“to make rough”), from asper (“rough”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Used in a sentence
“And this report Hath so exasperate [sic] the king that he Prepares for some attempt of war.”
“Beadle goes into various shops and parlours, examining the inhabitants; always shutting the door first, and by exclusion, delay, and general idiotcy, exasperating the public.”
“[S]he exasperates her security men by acting as if she were protected by some invisible shield.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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