ex·as·per·ate

(ĭg-zăs′pə-rāt′)

tr.v. ex·as·per·at·ed, ex·as·per·at·ing, ex·as·per·ates

1. To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly.

2. To increase the gravity or intensity of: "a scene ... that exasperates his rose fever and makes him sneeze" (Samuel Beckett).

[Latin exasperāre, exasperāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + asperāre, to make rough (from asper, rough).]

ex·as′per·at′ed·ly adv.

ex·as′per·at′er n.

ex·as′per·at′ing·ly adv.

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Adv.

exasperatingly - in an exasperating manner

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exasperatingly

[ɪgˈzɑːspəreɪtɪŋlɪ] ADV the train was exasperatingly slow → el tren era tan lento que me (or lo, etc) exasperaba
she's exasperatingly stupid → es tan estúpida que le saca a uno de quicio, es de una estupidez exasperante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

exasperatingly

adv this train/student is exasperatingly slow → es ist zum Verzweifeln, wie langsam dieser Zug fährt/dieser Student ist

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exasperatingly

[ɪgˈzɑːspəˌreɪtɪŋlɪ] adv → in modo esasperante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Godfrey was delighted with that little flash, and would have liked to go on and make her quarrel with him; Nancy was so exasperatingly quiet and firm.

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During the three days which followed, our progress was exasperatingly slow.

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'And when you went to that lawyer yonder in the Temple with that invented story,' said the stranger, in an exasperatingly comfortable sort of confidence, 'you might have had your strong suspicions of a friend of your own, you know.

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