aerated

English

Alternative forms

• aeriated, airyated (annoyed or agitated)

Verb

aerated

1. simple past and past participle of aerate

Adjective

aerated (comparative more aerated, superlative most aerated)

1. Supplied or infused with air or oxygen.
2. (UK, informal) Annoyed or agitated.

   Synonyms: bothered, frustrated, annoyed, agitated, pissed off

   • 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.’

   • 2006 March 13, R. Mark Clayton, “Re: Bad neighbours!”, in alt.uk.law‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2015-10-19:

     BTW why are you so aerated about it? Is there never a space for your second car?

   • 2007 January 15, David Stevenson, “Re: logical alternative?”, in rec.games.bridge‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2015-10-19:

     I do not see why players get so aerated over this: do they really want to win at this game unfairly?

   • 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.

Derived terms

• aerated bread
• hyperaerated
• nonaerated
• unaerated

 

Translations

infused with air

• Irish: aeraithe (bread), gásach (water), drithleach (wine)
• Portuguese: aerado (pt)