单词 | exasperating |
释义 | ▪ I. eˈxasperating, vbl. n. [f. exasperate v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb exasperate.
1611Cotgr., Exasperation, an exasperation; prouocation..exasperating, vexing. ▪ II. exasperating, ppl. a.|ɛgˈzɑːspəreɪtɪŋ, -æ-| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That exasperates (in senses of vb.); exceedingly irritating or provoking.
a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 344 A sin of a very exasperating nature. 1674Grew Anat. Plants, Lect. vi. 290 Jalap, Mercury, and Daisy, have all of them that exasperating Tast in the Throat. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xvii. 458 An evidence of unmistakeable goodwill in revealing an exasperating secret. 1876Black Madcap V. vii. 59 Do you know what an exasperating girl you are? Hence eˈxasperatingly adv., in an exasperating manner; provokingly.
1851Dickens Lett. (ed. 2) I. 262 Stone presents himself with a most exasperatingly mysterious visage. 1884Jul. Wedgwood in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 452 The most exasperatingly unreadable stuff ever met with. |

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