Exasperate
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.

2. (v. t.) To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to embitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

Greek
3949. parorgizo -- to provoke to anger
... to anger. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parorgizo Phonetic Spelling:
(par-org-id'-zo) Short Definition: I provoke to anger, exasperate Definition: I ...
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2559. kakoo -- to ill-treat
... to mistreat, harm. From kakos; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate -- make
evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex. see GREEK kakos. ...
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2042. erethizo -- to stir up
... incite. Word Origin from eretho (to stir to anger) Definition to stir up
NASB Word Usage exasperate (1), stirred (1). provoke. From ...
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3893. parapikraino -- to embitter, provoke
... provoke. From para and pikraino; to embitter alongside, ie (figuratively) to
exasperate -- provoke. see GREEK para. see GREEK pikraino. ...
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1282. diaprio -- to saw asunder, cut to the heart
... cut to the heart. From dia and the base of prizo; to saw asunder, ie (figuratively)
to exasperate -- cut (to the heart). see GREEK dia. see GREEK prizo. ...
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3947. paroxuno -- to sharpen, fig. to stimulate, to provoke
... easily provoke, stir. From para and a derivative of oxus; to sharpen alongside,
ie (figuratively) to exasperate -- easily provoke, stir. see GREEK para. ...
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Library

Significant Phrases
... certain and verifiable. chafe and exasperate. chagrin and despondency. ... imagination
and memory. imbitter and exasperate. imitators and disciples. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section ii significant phrases.htm

That Pious Parents have Reason to Hope it is Well with those Dear ...
... The tender Heart of a Parent may, perhaps, take a Hint, from hence to terrify itself,
and exasperate all its other Sorrows, by that sad Thought, "What if my ...
/.../iv that pious parents have.htm

Imperial Caesar
... As he glanced down at the reposeful attitude of the man whom he could not exasperate
he saw the sun glitter on the Maccabaean signet on the hand clasped back ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter vii imperial caesar.htm

Our Lord in the Garden
... between the preacher and His enemies. If true preaching does not subdue us,
it is sure to exasperate us. The better the preaching is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xi our lord in the.htm

1 Cor. x. 13
... Because he hath cried out aloud and heightened the accusation, calling it idolatry;
that he might not seem to exasperate them and to make his speech disgusting ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxiv 1 cor x.htm

The Life of Mr. Angus Macbean.
... Of this he was informed late on Saturday, and by some friends was importuned
to abstain from saying any thing that might exasperate them. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr angus.htm

First Withdrawal from Herod's Territory and Return.
... alone. [The news of John's assassination was calculated to exasperate him
in the highest degree, and also to deeply distress him. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxiii first withdrawal from herods 3.htm

Then, Having Shown that Eunomius' Calumny against the Great Basil ...
... up his mind to slander us, let him add the other charge as well, and spare nothing
by which it may be in his power more violently to exasperate his hearers ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 4 then having shown.htm

That the Ruler Should be Pure in Thought.
... within, so that no admixture of humanity cleave to him in what he dispenses as standing
in God's stead, lest private vexation should exasperate the keenness of ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter ii that the ruler.htm

St. Ambrose Having Set Forth the virgin Mary as a Pattern for Life ...
... Food did not induce them though kept without their meal; no impulse hurried them
on when excited; anger did not exasperate them when stirred up, nor did their ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii st ambrose having.htm

Thesaurus
Exasperate (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame
the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings. ...
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Examples (8 Occurrences)

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Urge (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion,
or importunity. 3. (vt) To provoke; to exasperate. ...
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Irritate (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate;
to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects. ...
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Inflame (3 Occurrences)
... as, to inflame desire. 3. (vt) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate;
to irritate; to incense; to enrage. 4. (vt) To put in ...
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Exasperated (2 Occurrences)

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Edge (150 Occurrences)
... garden with box. 8. (vt) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite;
to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. 9. (vt) To move ...
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Provoke (64 Occurrences)
... or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person,
to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate ...
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Blood (435 Occurrences)
... 13. (vt) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting
or war. 14. (vt) To heat the blood of; to exasperate. Int. ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about Christian fathers? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Exasperate (2 Occurrences)

Ephesians 6:4
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
(See NIV)

Colossians 3:21
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. Paul's First Letter to Timothy
(See NAS)

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Exasperate

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Examples (8 Occurrences)

Urge (34 Occurrences)

Irritate (2 Occurrences)

Inflame (3 Occurrences)

Exasperated (2 Occurrences)

Edge (150 Occurrences)

Provoke (64 Occurrences)

Blood (435 Occurrences)

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