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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Adj.	1.	exasperating - extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening" infuriating, maddening, vexing displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
	2.	exasperating - making worse aggravating, exacerbating intensifying - increasing in strength or intensity

exasperating

adjective irritating, provoking, annoying, infuriating, aggravating (informal), galling, maddening, vexing, irksome, enough to drive you up the wall (informal), enough to try the patience of a saint He is a very exasperating man to work with.

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Translations

exaspérant

irritante

exasperating

[ɪgˈzɑːspəreɪtɪŋ] ADJ [person, situation, problem] → exasperante
you're so exasperating! → ¡sacas de quicio a cualquiera!
it's so exasperating! → ¡es exasperante!, es para volverse loco

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

exasperating

[ɪgˈzɑːspəreɪtɪŋ] adj [person] → exaspérant(e); [thing] → exaspérant(e)

exasperating

adj → ärgerlich; delay, difficulty, job → leidig attr; person → nervig (inf); it’s so exasperating not to be able to buy a newspaper → es ist wirklich zum Verzweifeln, dass man keine Zeitung bekommen kann; she can be so exasperating! → sie kann einen wirklich zur Verzweiflung or auf die Palme (inf) → bringen!

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

exasperating

[ɪgˈzɑːspəˌreɪtɪŋ] adj → esasperante