exasperating

Questions about exasperating

What does exasperating mean?

exasperating means "extremely annoying or displeasing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exasperating?

exasperating has 5 syllables: ex-as-pe-ra-ting. The stress falls on "as". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzæspɚˌeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for exasperating?

Close synonyms include infuriating, maddening, vexing, aggravating, exacerbating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exasperating a common word?

exasperating is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exasperating?

20 words rhyme with exasperating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.