aerated en · ADJ
Meanings
- Supplied or infused with air or oxygen.
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(UK, informal) Annoyed or agitated.
Linda Meeks put her head round the door. ‘I heard you shouting, Carly. You all right?’ ‘Of course I’m all right. I just got a bit aerated.’
1999, Ruth Rendell, Harm done, Hutchinson, page 342:Stupid thing for me to get so aerated about.
2015, Marguerite Kaye, The Soldier's Dark Secret, page 48:I do not see why players get so aerated over this: do they really want to win at this game unfairly?
2007 January 15, David Stevenson, “Re: logical alternative?”, in rec.games.bridge (Usenet), retrieved 19 Oct 2015:I was risk averse at the best of times and due to Malcolm's infamous temper – and we are talking about the man who got so aerated over some missing sales figures that he actually passed out – I had taken it as my mission at work to eliminate risk completely.
2011, Allie Spencer, Summer Loving, page 9:BTW why are you so aerated about it? Is there never a space for your second car?
2006 March 13, R. Mark Clayton, “Re: Bad neighbours!”, in alt.uk.law (Usenet), retrieved 19 Oct 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most aerated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| aeriated | alternative | lexicographic | |
| airyated | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more aerated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonaerated · aerated bread · hyperaerated · unaerated
Synonyms
annoyed · frustrated · pissed off · bothered · agitated
Translations (4)
ga drithleach (infused with air) · ga gásach (infused with air) · ga aeraithe (infused with air) · pt aerado (infused with air)