aerated
English
Alternative forms
Verb
aerated
- simple past and past participle of aerate
Adjective
aerated (comparative more aerated, superlative most aerated)
- Supplied or infused with air or oxygen.
- (UK, informal) Annoyed or agitated.
- 1999, Ruth Rendell, Harm done, Hutchinson, page 342:
- 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.’
- 2011, Allie Spencer, Summer Loving[3], page 9:
- 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.
- 2015, Marguerite Kaye, The Soldier's Dark Secret[4], page 48:
- Stupid thing for me to get so aerated about.
- Synonyms: bothered, frustrated, annoyed, agitated, pissed off
Translations
infused with air
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