Word of the Day: EXASPERATE

To agitate, infuriate, or irk

exasperate (verb) - to annoy, irritate, or anger, often to an extreme degree [ig-zas-puh-reyt]

BREAKDOWN: EX- (out) + ASPER- (rough) + -ATE (make)

• exasperating means intensely frustrating

• exasperation is a feeling of intense annoyance or irritation

• COMMONLY CONFUSED: exacerbate means to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of; to make worse

“We have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be.” —Harold S. Kushner

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