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1 esasperante
exasperating* * *esasperante agg. exasperating, irritating, maddening: sei di una lentezza esasperante!, you're maddeningly slow; un'attesa esasperante, an exasperating (o terribly long) wait; un ticchettio esasperante, an exasperating (o irritating) tic.* * *[ezaspe'rante]aggettivo exasperating, irritating, maddeningdi una lentezza esasperante — infuriatingly, maddeningly slow
* * *esasperante/ezaspe'rante/exasperating, irritating, maddening; di una lentezza esasperante infuriatingly, maddeningly slow. -
2 estenuante
exhausting* * *estenuante agg. exhausting, enervating; ( che affatica) tiring, wearing: un clima estenuante, an enervating climate; lavoro estenuante, exhausting (o very hard) work; viaggio estenuante, tiring journey; erano tutti molto tesi per l'attesa estenuante, they were all very tense because of the exhausting wait.* * *[estenu'ante]* * *estenuante/estenu'ante/ -
3 rompiscatole
◆ agg. exasperating, irritating: un atteggiamento rompiscatole, an exasperating attitude.* * *[rompis'katole]sostantivo maschile e sostantivo femminile invariabile colloq. bother, pain in the neck, pest* * *rompiscatole/rompis'katole/m. e f.inv.colloq. bother, pain in the neck, pest. -
4 snervante
irritating, wearing on the nerves* * *snervante agg. enervating, debilitating; ( estenuante) exhausting: clima snervante, enervating climate; un lavoro snervante, an exhausting work; un'attesa snervante, an exhausting wait.* * *[zner'vante]* * *snervante/zner'vante/[persona, rumore] enervating, nerve racking, unnerving; [ attesa] exasperating. -
5 esasperazione
f exasperation* * *esasperazione s.f.1 ( irritazione) exasperation, irritation: che esasperazione questa attesa!, how exasperating this waiting is!; portare qlcu. all'esasperazione, to irritate (o to infuriate o to madden) s.o.; essere al colmo dell'esasperazione, to be maddened (o exasperated) beyond endurance; giunto al colmo dell'esasperazione, il popolo si ribellò, goaded beyond endurance, the people rebelled2 ( inasprimento) aggravation, worsening: l'esasperazione di un dolore, the aggravation (o worsening) of a pain; un desiderio spinto fino all'esasperazione, an uncontainable desire.* * *[ezasperat'tsjone]sostantivo femminile1) (irritazione) exasperation, aggravation, irritationportare qcn. all'esasperazione — to exasperate o irritate o madden sb
2) (inasprimento) aggravation, worsening* * *esasperazione/ezasperat'tsjone/sostantivo f.1 (irritazione) exasperation, aggravation, irritation; portare qcn. all'esasperazione to exasperate o irritate o madden sb.2 (inasprimento) aggravation, worsening.
См. также в других словарях:
exasperating — adj. 1. extremely annoying or displeasing. Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing. [WordNet 1.5] 2. same as {exacerbating}. Syn: aggravating, exacerbating. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exasperating — index provocative, vexatious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exasperating — adj. 1) exasperating to 2) exasperating to + inf. (it is exasperating to teach in a school like that one) 3) exasperating that + clause (it s exasperating that we cannot find any spare parts) * * * [ɪg zɑːspəreɪtɪŋ] exasperating to exasperating… … Combinatory dictionary
exasperating — [[t]ɪgzɑ͟ːspəreɪtɪŋ, zæ̱s [/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you describe someone or something as exasperating, you mean that you feel angry or frustrated by them or by what they do. Hardie could be exasperating to his colleagues... She really… … English dictionary
exasperating — adjective 1. extremely annoying or displeasing (Freq. 1) his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating I ve had an exasperating day her infuriating indifference the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening • Syn: ↑infuriating, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Exasperating — Exasperate Ex*as per*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exsasperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exasperating}.] 1. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exasperating — ex|as|pe|rat|ing [ıgˈza:spəreıtıŋ US ˈzæs ] adj extremely annoying ▪ You have this exasperating habit of never looking at me! >exasperatingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
exasperating — adjective extremely annoying: You have this exasperating habit of never looking at me! exasperatingly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
exasperating — exasperate ► VERB ▪ irritate intensely. DERIVATIVES exasperated adjective exasperating adjective exasperation noun. ORIGIN Latin exasperare irritate to anger … English terms dictionary
exasperating — adjective That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates … Wiktionary
exasperating — Synonyms and related words: aggravating, aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome, contentious, disturbing, exasperative, galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,… … Moby Thesaurus
