Exasperate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Exasperated; imbittered.

II. Exasperate ·vt To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to Aggravate; to Imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

III. Exasperate ·vt To irritate in a high degree; to Provoke; to Enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.