From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexasperateex‧as‧pe‧rate /ɪɡˈzɑːspəreɪt $ ɪɡˈzæ-/ verb [transitive] ANNOYto make someone very annoyed by continuing to do something that upsets them It exasperates me to hear comments like that.→ See Verb table
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exasperate• Labour, exasperated, broke the coalition.• Sometimes she exasperated herself with the stupid ideas she had.• His refusal to cooperate has exasperated his lawyers.Origin exasperate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of exasperare, from asper “rough” 