exasperating

«exasperating» in Mova's school dictionary: Very annoying, making you feel cross and impatient, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (exasperating, more exasperating, most exasperating); also the -ing form of the verb exasperate

meaning for a pupil

Very annoying, making you feel cross and impatient, often because it keeps happening. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and everyday life about people or things that try your patience. Alice finds the creatures of Wonderland exasperating, for example the Caterpillar's short answers. Toad is exasperating to his friends because he never learns.

examples

• The Caterpillar's short answers were exasperating. tree →
• It's exasperating when the bus is late again. tree →
• Toad was the most exasperating animal on the river. tree →
• My little brother can be exasperating! tree →
• This puzzle is exasperating — I can't solve it. tree →
• «How exasperating!» cried Alice. tree →
• The slow computer was exasperating. tree →
• It was exasperating to lose the same game three times. tree →

note

Verb: exasperate, exasperated (how you feel), exasperating (what causes it). Noun: exasperation. Stronger than «annoying».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exasperating» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.