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exasperate
  • Conjugation : past  exasperated ; ing  exasperating
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

exasperate [εg'zæspə.ret] [ɪg'zɑːspəreɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 激怒触怒;使恼怒,使恼火,使生气
  2. 2. vt. [Old-fashioned] 使(感觉痛苦疾病等)加剧加重病情等),使恶化

Collins English-English Dictionary

exasperate [ɪg'zɒːspə"reɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to cause great irritation or anger to; infuriate
  2. 2. vt. to cause (an unpleasant feeling, condition, etc) to worsen; aggravate
  3. 3. adj [Botany] having a rough prickly surface because of the presence of hard projecting points
  4. 4. adj [Etymology] C16: from Latin exasperare to make rough, from asper rough

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