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单词 exasperating
释义

exasperating

adjective

ex·​as·​per·​at·​ing ig-ˈza-spə-ˌrā-tiŋ How to pronounce exasperating (audio)
: causing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance
an exasperating delay
After the most frustrating, aggravating and exasperating two days of his career … Jack Curry
The following days brought light fluky winds and I made only 35 miles of progress in two days. It was very exasperating. Tom Peterson
exasperatingly adverb
an exasperatingly slow process
The heater warmed up slowly; its temperature was exasperatingly difficult to adjust. Consumer Reports

Synonyms

  • abrasive
  • aggravating
  • annoying
  • bothersome
  • carking
  • chafing
  • disturbing
  • frustrating
  • galling
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • maddening
  • nettlesome
  • nettling
  • peeving
  • pesky
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • plaguey
  • plaguy
  • rankling
  • rebarbative
  • riling
  • vexatious
  • vexing
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Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above

exasperating 1 of 2

adjective

as in frustrating
causing annoyance those exasperating details that come with almost any job

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • delightful
  • pleasing

exasperating

2 of 2

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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