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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
exasperating
    adj 1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness
           of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating
           day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless
           tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn:
           exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing]
    2: making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating,
       exasperating]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
   1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to
      excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
      person or his feelings.
      [1913 Webster]

            To exsasperate them against the king of France.
                                                  --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
      aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
      [1913 Webster]

            To exasperate the ways of death.      --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   Syn: To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exasperating \exasperating\ adj.
   1. extremely annoying or displeasing.

   Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. same as exacerbating.

   Syn: aggravating, exacerbating.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for Exasperating:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aggravating, aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome, contentious, disturbing, exasperative, galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provocative, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying
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