| Front | exasperate (v) |
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| Back | 1. a) : to cause irritation or annoyance to // It's a conundrum for any playwright: How do you enliven characters who alternately bore and exasperate each other? b) : to excite the anger of : ENRAGE https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enrage // She did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, to put fire in your heart and brimstone in your liver. 2. obsolete : to make more grievous : AGGRAVATE https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggravate |
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