exasperate /ɪɡˈzæsp(ə)ɹeɪt/adjective 2verb 2forms 6 adjective2 •(no longer used) Exasperated.And this report Hath so exasperate their King, that hee Prepares for some attempt of Warre. — 1606 •(no longer used) Exasperated; embittered.Thersites. Do I curse thee? Patroclus. Why no, you ruinous butt, you whoreson indistinguishable cur, no. Thersites. No! why art thou then exasperate, thou idle immaterial skein of sleave-silk […] — 1602 verb2 •To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.And this report Hath so exasperate [sic] the king that he Prepares for some attempt of war. — 1606 •(slang, no longer used) To overaspirate the letter h, or to aspirate it whenever it begins a word, once a common form of hypercorrection.quoted (from Punch magazine) in 2005, David Crystal, The Stories of English COCKNEY HOBSERVATION. — Cockneys are not the only people who drop or exasperate the 'h's.' It is done by common people in the provinces, and you may laugh at them for it. formsexasperated · exasperating · exasperates · exasperateth · more exasperate · most exasperate
