01 a. Exasperated; imbittered.
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Exasperated; imbittered.[Obs.]“Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning.” — Mrs. Browning.
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Exasperate
02 v. t. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.
imp. & p. p.
Exsasperated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exasperating
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To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.“To exsasperate them against the king of France.” — Addison.
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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.