Synonyms of exasperate

verbTo tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.

• aggravateTo exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
• rileTo stir or move from a state of calm or order.
• annoy
• nettle
• rankle
• ruffle
• sting
• burn someone's assTo irritate, bother, grind one's gears.
• antagonizeTo work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
• botherTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• disgruntleTo make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
• botherateTo bother.
• bug
• get
• grate
• burn upTo anger; to annoy.
• bedevilTo harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
• acerbate formalTo exasperate; to irritate.
• cheese off slangTo annoy.
• devilTo annoy or bother.
• frustrateTo cause stress or annoyance.
• get upTo annoy.
• grotch
• hack off
• hassleTo trouble, to bother, to annoy.
• irkTo irritate; annoy; bother.
• irritateTo provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
• jazz
• molestTo annoy, trouble, or afflict.
• mommick US, dialectalTo harass or bother (someone or something).
• narkTo annoy or irritate.
• pee off slangSynonym of piss off (all senses).
• peeveTo annoy; vex.
• peeve offSynonym of annoy or piss off.
• persecute
• piqueTo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
• piss off vulgarTo annoy, anger.
• provokeTo cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• rile upTo rile; to aggravate.
• roilTo annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
• stormTo disturb or trouble (someone).
• test someone's patienceTo begin to frustrate someone.
• tick off Canada, USTo annoy, aggravate.
• troubleIn weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
• try one's patience
• vexTo annoy, irritate.
• wind upTo upset; to anger or distress.
• Idioms:
• boil someone's piss vulgarTo irritate someone very much; to make someone very annoyed.
• chap someone's hideTo annoy someone; get on someone's nerves.
• get on someone's nervesTo annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
• get on someone's tits vulgarTo annoy or irritate.
• get on someone's wickTo annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
• get someone's back upTo annoy or anger someone.
• get someone's dander upTo anger or annoy someone.
• get someone's goatTo annoy or infuriate someone.
• get someone's Irish upTo anger or annoy someone.
• get someone's nanny
• get someone's nanny-goat
• get under one's goat
• get under someone's skin
• give someone the shits Australia, colloquialTo annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree.
• grind one's gearsTo annoy or irritate one.
• harsh one's mellowTo spoil one's good mood or to annoy one.
• put someone's back upSynonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.
• raise someone's hacklesTo annoy or anger someone.
• rub someone the wrong wayTo cause someone irritation, discomfort or annoyance, often unintentionally, because of one's behavior, manner...
• rub up the wrong wayTo annoy or anger someone.
• ruffle someone's feathersTo unease, cause discomfort to someone.
• tee off slangTo irritate, vex, or annoy.
• torque off USTo annoy, distress, or anger.
• nerve rare