To anger; to irritate to a high degree; to provoke to rage; to enrage; to excite anger, or to inflame it to an extreme degree. We say, to exasperate a person, or to exasperate the passion of anger or resentment.

To aggravate; to embitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

To augment violence; to increase malignity; to exacerbate; as, to exasperate pain or a part inflamed.