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Old 01-02-2023, 10:42 AM
Dahoss Dahoss is offline
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Originally Posted by v j stauffer View Post
ex·ac·er·bate
[iɡˈzasərˌbāt]
VERB
exacerbated (past tense) · exacerbated (past participle)
make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:
"the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem" · "the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain"

From what I can tell exasperated isn't a word.

But hey, I didn't know what pandering was and I've been doing that for decades.
exasperated
adjective
ex·​as·​per·​at·​ed ig-ˈza-spə-ˌrā-təd
: having or showing strong feelings of irritation or annoyance
an exasperated sigh
Ricardo congratulated himself on having left his revolver behind. He was so exasperated that he didn't know what he might have done.
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