[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That exasperates (in senses of vb.); exceedingly irritating or provoking.
a. 1665. J. Goodwin, Filled w. the Spirit (1867), 344. A sin of a very exasperating nature.
1674. Grew, Anat. Plants, Lect. vi. (1682), 290. Jalap, Mercury, and Daisy, have all of them that exasperating Tast in the Throat.
1858. Froude, Hist. Eng., III. xvii. 458. An evidence of unmistakeable goodwill in revealing an exasperating secret.
1876. Black, Madcap Violet, vii. 59. Do you know what an exasperating girl you are?
Hence Exasperatingly adv., in an exasperating manner; provokingly.
1851. Dickens, Lett. (ed. 2), I. 262. Stone presents himself with a most exasperatingly mysterious visage.
1884. Jul. Wedgwood, in Contemp. Rev., March, 452. The most exasperatingly unreadable stuff ever met with.
