What does the word exasperate mean?

Usage examples for exasperate

  1. He did not utter one word for which I could personally call him to account; he even maintained the character of my friend throughout; but he contrived at the same time to wound, insult, and exasperate me into a state bordering on frenzy. – Ellen Middleton--A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton
  2. Many have studied to exasperate the ways of death, but fewer hours have been spent to soften that necessity. – Wilfrid Cumbermede by George MacDonald
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