test someone's patience en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal, transitive) To begin to frustrate someone.
These frequent Internet outages are testing my patience.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tested someone's patience | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tested someone's patience | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| testing someone's patience | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tests someone's patience | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
get someone's goat · exasperate · rile · bedevil · persecute · vex · get on someone's nerves · grotch · wind up · tee off · pee off · get under one's goat · irk · Idioms: · hack off · get up · trouble · tick off · ruffle someone's feathers · bother · get on someone's tits · acerbate · rankle · mommick · get someone's dander up · try someone's patience · grind one's gears · get on someone's wick · nettle · pique · get someone's nanny · provoke · frustrate · grate · harsh one's mellow · give someone the shits · devil · antagonize · molest · burn up · piss off · rub someone the wrong way · rile up · disgruntle · hassle · chap someone's hide · get someone's back up · nark · get · test someone's patience · nerve · annoy · boil someone's piss · roil · put someone's back up · get someone's nanny-goat · bug · torque off · raise someone's hackles · sting · peeve · rub up the wrong way · jazz · ruffle · peeve off · get under someone's skin · botherate · try one's patience · aggravate · storm · irritate · cheese off · get someone's Irish up · burn someone's ass