exasperation

[ ig-zas-puh-rey-shuhn ]
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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.

Origin of exasperation

1
First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exasperātiōn-, stem of exasperātiō “roughness, bitterness”; equivalent to exasperate + -ion

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