exasperate

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verb

1. exasperate or irritate (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
exacerbate, aggravate
• Derivationally related forms:
aggravation (for: aggravate), aggravator (for: aggravate), exasperation, exacerbation (for: exacerbate)
• Hypernyms:
anger
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will exasperate him
2. make furious
• Syn:
infuriate, incense
• Derivationally related forms:
exasperation, fury (for: infuriate), infuriation (for: infuriate)
• Hypernyms:
anger
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. make worse
- This drug aggravates the pain
• Syn:
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
• Ant:
better (for: worsen)
• Derivationally related forms:
exacerbation (for: exacerbate), aggravation (for: aggravate), worsening (for: worsen)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
irritate, inflame, degrade, cheapen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, infuriate, incense
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate