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exasperating
adjective as in bothersome
adjective as in embarrassing
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adjective as in galling
adjective as in maddening
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adjective as in mischievous
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- arch
- artful
- bad
- bothersome
- damaging
- dangerous
- deleterious
- destructive
- detrimental
- evil
- foxy
- frolicsome
- harmful
- hazardous
- hurtful
- ill
- ill-behaved
- injurious
- insidious
- irksome
- malignant
- misbehaving
- perilous
- pernicious
- precarious
- puckish
- rascal
- rascally
- risky
- sinful
- spiteful
- sportive
- teasing
- tricky
- troublesome
- vexatious
- vexing
- vicious
- wayward
adjective as in naughty
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adjective as in nerve-racking
adjective as in nettlesome
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adjective as in plaguy
adjective as in teasing
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adjective as in trying
adjective as in vexatious
Example Sentences
“Emilia Pérez” can be exasperating at times, overstuffed and self-consciously theatrical.
Like I said, the Oscars can be exasperating.
Maybe I’m just hardwired to say this as a Gen X-er, but it’s been exasperating to see that optimism harden among some boomers into a kind of deluded self-regard.
But what happens when a family member is also a friend, albeit one who is as loving and magnetic as he is exasperating and inappropriate?
The film has many exasperating, head-scratching moments that start out bad and often become more unbearable — as if the writer Nick Payne thought: How much worse can this situation be?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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