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Meanings of
exasperating
in English
Extremely annoying or displeasing.
maddening
infuriating
vexing
Related terms
displeasing
Making worse.
aggravating
exacerbating
Related terms
intensifying
Synonyms
Examples for "
maddening
"
maddening
infuriating
vexing
Examples for "
maddening
"
1
Quick,
maddening
,
drenching, it comes; enveloping them in wet in a moment.
2
She swung idly in the hammock until the very motion was
maddening
.
3
That first part of the long night march moved with
maddening
slowness.
4
The effect of a short musical selection endlessly repeating itself is
maddening
.
5
My position is
maddening
;
my head whirls when I think of it.
1
It was really
infuriating
how often Frau Posmanik left her children alone.
2
No matter how many times it's said, it becomes no less
infuriating
.
3
It was
infuriating
;
he could see she wasn't taking him remotely seriously.
4
Am I alone in finding the current Meteor phone commercial absolutely
infuriating
?
5
No mistake, said the Nottinghamshire gentleman with an air of
infuriating
calmness.
1
Lucy took no note of this
vexing
phenomenon and continued to speak:
2
The truly
vexing
problems are turning out to be the medical ones.
3
The builders have moved on to the
vexing
problem of my freezer.
4
Great Britain's successes in the Games of the 29th Olympiad were
vexing
.
5
But of the two the form of Hameed remains the more
vexing
.
Usage of
exasperating
in English
1
And yet the way that Get Out is fenced off is
exasperating
.
2
For all the sweetness of her nature, Alessandra could indeed be
exasperating
.
3
There was not even a lull in the
exasperating
withdrawals of gold.
4
The days wore on and his presence became more and more
exasperating
.
5
The wholesale seizure of American property was
exasperating
to the last degree.
6
Flubbed lines and missed cues begin to seem
exasperating
rather than amusing.
7
Every advance in scientific warfare may make them more dangerous and
exasperating
.
8
The girl found his incredible egoism at once amusing and extremely
exasperating
.
9
It is
exasperating
to hear laughter-evenfeigned laughter-inwhich one cannot join.
10
The other chiefs maintained a cold reserve that was baffling and
exasperating
.
11
With this
exasperating
feature of bear and lion chases I was familiar.
12
Maybe he'd better settle for baby steps, as
exasperating
as that was.
13
But you take the entire matter with such infernal indifference-itis
exasperating
.
14
This was
exasperating
,
and Marius fumed secretly and swore at the delay.
15
She raised her delicate eyebrows in a most
exasperating
well-bred, admonitory way.
16
They probably had been raised, but in a manner
exasperating
because irregular.
Other examples for "exasperating"
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About this term
exasperating
exasperate
Verb
Present
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most exasperating
so exasperating
exasperating coolness
very exasperating
as exasperating
More collocations
Exasperating
through the time
Exasperating
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common