exasperated

[ig-zas-puh-rey-tid]

adjective

1. feeling or expressing extreme annoyance or irritation.

   In the final moments of a wild debate, the exasperated moderator tried to regain control of the conversation.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of exasperate.

Other Word Forms

• exasperatedly adverb
• unexasperated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exasperated¹

exasperate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Kelly Sharkey, a North Charleston mother of two, was exasperated, questioning what lawmakers’ endgame is in pursuing SB 323 and whose lives they really wish to protect.

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Laughton plays Maigret with dry humor, though he’s capable of being roused when exasperated or angry, as he often will be here.

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By this stage, the exasperated European pair - as well as vice-captain Eduardo Molinari - were pointing out hecklers to the police officers, who had visibly moved in tighter in a bid to calm the mood.

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But, like some other liberals, he was becoming exasperated with the “administrative state” and special-interest groups, including corporations, unions and social-justice organizations, that “capture” government and stifle reform.

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“He’s busy, he’s working, he doesn’t have time for me,” she trills exasperatedly in “My Man on Willpower,” “My slutty pajamas not tempting him in the least.”

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• resentful 
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