Antonyms for exasperating


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ig-zas-puh-reyt; adjective ig-zas-per-it
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪt; adjective ɪgˈzæs pər ɪt


Definition of exasperating

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin exasperatus, past participle of exasperare "roughen, irritate, provoke," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + asper "rough" (see asperity). Related: Exasperated; exasperating.
  • verb upset, provoke
Example sentences :
  • Then the exasperating remembrance, with its cruel irony, returned to him.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The idea that Rose might lose her beauty was exasperating him.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Very well, so much the better; the woman has been exasperating me!
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Another who troubled her, who persisted in living with exasperating obstinacy!
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Into the details of this exasperating task we cannot here enter.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
  • That is the pitiful part of it, pitiful and yet exasperating.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • She experienced an exasperating effect of trying to see round a corner.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • It was incredible, and, besides being incredible, it was exasperating.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • This, in our constant state of hungry irritation, was exasperating.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • It is corded and wired in the most exasperating way, but at last I get it open.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray

Synonyms for exasperating

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