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• past participle of exasperate.
• past tense form of exasperate.

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exasperated

American  

[ig-zas-puh-ray-tid] / ɪgˈzæs pəˌreɪ tɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unexasperated
  adjective
• exasperatedly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of exasperated

exasperate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Explanation

It’s understandable if you get exasperated, or really frustrated, if you’re standing in the supermarket's express lane and everyone in front of you has way more than the 10-item maximum. Over the centuries, nothing much has happened to the definition of this word — the Latin original means "irritated to anger." Speaking of which, let's get back to the supermarket, a veritable hotbed of exasperated people pushing wobbly-wheeled shopping carts their children try to fill with cartoon-branded junk food, brushing past unstable store displays that come tumbling down, enduring inoffensive but flavorless supermarket music, and emerging into the cold light of day unable to remember where they parked the car.

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exasperated

Miranda said exasperated neighbors had banded together to put up more lighting and cameras to protect their properties, “but it really did feel like this is forever, because nothing was going to happen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

He has, he says, “written thousands of words and given dozens of interviews” in exasperated but frequently futile response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But it also has a large residential population, who have become increasingly exasperated with tourists who fail to properly dispose of rubbish, smoke where they're not supposed to, and make too much noise.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Reporters in the room could not hear the exchange, but the BBC saw exasperated facial expressions and gestures from Clancy's lawyer.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Anna May exhaled a long, exasperated breath that sounded like a punctured tire.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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