Synonyms of exasperate

exasperate 1 of 3

verb (1)

as in to annoy

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

small children can exasperate their parents with endless questions about why this or that is so

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoy
• irritate
• bother
• persecute
• aggravate
• bug
• infuriate
• irk
• vex
• rile
• spite
• anger
• get
• worry
• chafe
• eat
• pique
• provoke
• burn (up)
• itch
• gripe
• grate
• ruffle
• tease
• get to
• frost
• wear on
• insult
• nark
• plague
• gall
• hack (off)
• peeve
• put out
• nettle
• rub the wrong way
• enrage
• offend
• rasp
• inflame
• harass
• nag
• upset
• rouse
• enflame
• get on one's nerves
• stick in one's craw
• unsettle
• set one's teeth on edge
• antagonize
• heckle
• get one's goat
• hassle
• agitate
• pester
• distress
• outrage
• perturb
• discomfort
• devil
• rankle
• discompose
• disquiet
• badger
• roil
• unhinge
• affront
• harry
• madden
• bait
• undo
• exercise
• fret
• incense
• freak (out)
• bullyrag
• ballyrag
• miff
• hagride

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appease
• placate
• pacify
• oblige
• conciliate
• please
• delight
• satisfy
• gratify
• mollify
• propitiate
• assure
• reassure
• soothe
• cheer
• gladden
• comfort
• content
• console
• quiet
• solace

exasperated

2 of 3

adjective

as in annoyed

subjected to and reacting with irritation

overworked, exasperated parents barking at their children over little things

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• irritated
• angry
• bothered
• upset
• aggravated
• displeased
• infuriated
• frustrated
• irritable
• vexed
• peeved
• angered
• indignant
• outraged
• irked
• mad
• disturbed
• troubled
• galled
• narked
• scunnered
• distressed
• irate
• perturbed
• sore
• put out
• resentful
• riled
• petulant
• irascible
• peevish
• fretful
• ireful
• snappish
• inflamed
• huffy
• grumpy
• cantankerous
• provoked
• harried
• teed off
• tortured
• disapproving
• churlish
• grouchy
• dyspeptic
• steaming
• enflamed
• bilious
• testy
• tormented
• badgered
• harassed
• bristly
• rankled
• shirty
• cross
• choleric
• crabby
• snuffy
• ill-humored
• hassled
• plagued
• tried
• piqued
• tested
• persecuted
• touchy
• roiled
• cranky
• inconvenienced
• fussy
• bedeviled
• pestered
• bearish
• pinpricked
• haggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• happy
• satisfied
• content
• delighted
• calm
• serene
• placid
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

exasperated

3 of 3

verb (2)

past tense of exasperate

as in irritated

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

small children can exasperate their parents with endless questions about why this or that is so

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• irritated
• bothered
• bugged
• persecuted
• aggravated
• infuriated
• irked
• vexed
• angered
• got
• peeved
• worried
• nettled
• riled
• griped
• grated
• ruffled
• ate
• itched
• chafed
• piqued
• teased
• burned (up)
• galled
• burnt (up)
• insulted
• rasped
• narked
• provoked
• plagued
• got to
• frosted
• enraged
• spited
• wore on
• upset
• put out
• hacked (off)
• vext
• harassed
• rubbed the wrong way
• offended
• nagged
• stuck in one's craw
• roused
• agitated
• got on one's nerves
• hassled
• incensed
• heckled
• harried
• badgered
• outraged
• set one's teeth on edge
• got one's goat
• unsettled
• perturbed
• maddened
• pestered
• inflamed
• enflamed
• disquieted
• distressed
• miffed
• antagonized
• affronted
• discomforted
• unhinged
• rankled
• baited
• discomposed
• roiled
• fretted
• deviled
• exercised
• bullyragged
• ballyragged
• devilled
• freaked (out)
• undid
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• appeased
• mollified
• pleased
• delighted
• pacified
• satisfied
• gratified
• placated
• assured
• reassured
• conciliated
• comforted
• propitiated
• cheered
• contented
• quieted
• soothed
• consoled
• gladdened
• solaced

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