Advertisement
Advertisement
exasperate
verb as in upset, provoke
Example Sentences
He claimed his mission was finished, but several politicians believe the president could rename him, at the risk of exasperating the opposition and triggering another no-confidence vote.
Exhausted and exasperated, Rune couldn’t believe that he was being made to play in such suffocating conditions.
Some of them, in fact, are quite exasperating.
Kelly Sharkey, a North Charleston mother of two, was exasperated, questioning what lawmakers’ endgame is in pursuing SB 323 and whose lives they really wish to protect.
Laughton plays Maigret with dry humor, though he’s capable of being roused when exasperated or angry, as he often will be here.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse