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exasperation

[ ig-zas-puh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of exasperating; provocation.
  2. the state of being exasperated; irritation; extreme annoyance:

    Her exasperation at being interrupted was understandable.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of exasperation1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exasperātiōn-, stem of exasperātiō “roughness, bitterness”; equivalent to exasperate + -ion

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Example Sentences

Now, the exasperation on both sides is reaching a fever pitch.

“Oh, screw it,” the photographer says finally in exasperation and leaves.

Her oldest son, Abdullah, exploded with exasperation as his mother talked.

More than one such player I spoke with has voiced exasperation along the lines of, “Our party has an issue with this.”

“That was George W. Bush, this is Barack Obama” cried one veteran (Paddy Ashdown) in exasperation, but in vain.

After his recent exasperation he longed to ease his heart of a sketch, but obstinacy held him back.

He did not profit in the least by his invention; in fact, it must have brought him little but exasperation and discouragement.

But these efforts to escape from their hard and cruel masters further intensified the exasperation of the South.

Then in my exasperation I whipped a pistol out of my belt, and levelling it at him, pulled the trigger.

My exasperation with self was by no means allayed when I tripped over a stone and fell my length in a sludgy patch of swamp.

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