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exasperating

adjective

= irritating, provoking, annoying, infuriating, aggravating (informal), galling, maddening, vexing, irksome, enough to drive you up the wall (informal), enough to try the patience of a saint • He is a very exasperating man to work with.

exasperate

verb

= irritate, anger, provoke, annoy, rouse, infuriate, hassle (informal), exacerbate, aggravate (informal), incense, enrage, gall, madden, inflame, bug (informal), nettle, get to (informal), vex, embitter, irk, rile (informal), pique, rankle, peeve (informal), needle (informal), get on your nerves (informal), try the patience of, nark (British & Australian & New Zealand, slang), piss you off (taboo & slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), hack you off (informal) • The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me.
opposites: calm, soothe, appease, placate, assuage, pacify, mollify, conciliate

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