Synonyms of exasperating

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adjective

ig-ˈza-spə-ˌrā-tiŋ 

as in frustrating

causing annoyance

those exasperating details that come with almost any job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frustrating
• annoying
• irritating
• disturbing
• aggravating
• maddening
• irksome
• vexing
• painful
• vexatious
• bothersome
• abrasive
• nettlesome
• pesky
• pestiferous
• pestilential
• galling
• infuriating
• rebarbative
• nettling
• distractive
• plaguey
• stressful
• peeving
• pesty
• troubling
• pestilent
• carking
• troublesome
• chafing
• rankling
• riling
• burdensome
• mischievous
• importunate
• disquieting
• displeasing
• tiresome
• discomforting
• upsetting
• distressing
• biting
• enraging
• offensive
• worrisome
• trying
• angering
• inconveniencing
• importune
• thorny
• jarring
• bratty
• brattish
• grating
• spiny
• jangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delightful
• pleasing

exasperating

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verb

present participle of exasperate

as in annoying

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

• annoying
• irritating
• bothering
• bugging
• persecuting
• aggravating
• infuriating
• vexing
• getting
• irking
• worrying
• grating
• nettling
• angering
• galling
• griping
• itching
• eating
• burning (up)
• ruffling
• riling
• chafing
• spiting
• teasing
• insulting
• plaguing
• rasping
• peeving
• hacking (off)
• frosting
• provoking
• piquing
• getting to
• narking
• wearing on
• enraging
• putting out
• upsetting
• harassing
• maddening
• nagging
• rubbing the wrong way
• sticking in one's craw
• getting on one's nerves
• unsettling
• setting one's teeth on edge
• hassling
• heckling
• getting one's goat
• rousing
• badgering
• offending
• distressing
• disquieting
• pestering
• discomforting
• antagonizing
• inflaming
• agitating
• harrying
• perturbing
• outraging
• baiting
• incensing
• roiling
• rankling
• affronting
• undoing
• unhinging
• fretting
• exercising
• bullyragging
• freaking (out)
• deviling
• hagriding
• miffing
• discomposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliging
• gratifying
• satisfying
• pacifying
• conciliating
• placating
• appeasing
• pleasing
• delighting
• reassuring
• comforting
• mollifying
• assuring
• propitiating
• soothing
• cheering
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• gladdening
• solacing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exasperating

Adjective

The irony is that many people relish using AI due to the fact that the AI seems to be more attentive, more patient, and less exasperating than talking to a fellow human. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026

Of course, that doesn’t mean the company — which is currently under intense financial pressure, probably explaining the whole exasperating situation in the first place — won’t just institute an even more aggravating popup that breaks the site for all users. — Jon Christian, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026

Verb

As a City Council member, Raman, whose previous campaigns were backed by Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles, has sometimes walked a political tightrope, exasperating her progressive base on issues like policing. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Arne Slot has increasingly been exasperating Liverpool supporters by being — in typical Dutch style — too honest. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026