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

Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.

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The Celtic interim manager cut an exasperated figure on the sidelines in Denmark as he watched a magnificent Midtjylland teach the Scottish champions a lesson.

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“Why would you bring the pink one?” asks an exasperated Rhett.

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They have also grown exasperated over the rising cost of legal payouts, which have consumed a steadily larger portion of the city budget.

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But it's no secret that Buckingham Palace was exasperated with the scandals surrounding Prince Andrew and what a royal source calls the "constant parade of headlines".

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