exasperate
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Exasperate, egz-as′pėr-āt, v.t. to make very angry: to irritate in a high degree.—p.adj. irritated.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Thoughts my Tormenters arm'd with deadly stings Mangle my apprehensive tenderest parts, Exasperate, exulcerate, and raise Dire inflammation which no cooling herb Or medcinal liquor can asswage, Nor breath of Vernal Air from snowy Alp.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
Aggravate, Exasperate To aggravate means to intensify, to make worse; to exasperate means to provoke, to irritate.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
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