exasperate Copy link Outline 1. exăcerbo, 12. exaspĕro, 13. irrīto, 14. expr. by īra and a verb; as iram alicujus accendere, inflammare • exasperate: 1. exăcerbo, 1: v. to embitter (2). 2. exaspĕro, 1: in this sense better with animum, animos; cf. Liv. 40, 22, fin.: also absol., as the other did not abate, he (Alexander) was the more e.d, eo nihil remittente, magis exasperabatur, Curt. 3. irrīto, 1: v. to provoke. 4. expr. by īra and a verb; as iram alicujus accendere, inflammare: (the Romans) being highly e.d, ardentibus ira animis, Liv. 38, 25, fin.: v. to enrage. See also foll. art. Phr.: that slaughter dreadfully e.d the Thebans against the Romans, efferavit ea caedes Thebanos ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum, Liv. 33, 29.