exasperation
Americannoun
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an act or instance of exasperating; provocation.
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the state of being exasperated; irritation; extreme annoyance.
Her exasperation at being interrupted was understandable.
Etymology
Origin of exasperation
First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin exasperātiōn-, stem of exasperātiō “roughness, bitterness”; equivalent to exasperate + -ion
Example Sentences
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This month’s moves in the European Parliament were prompted by voters’ cry of exasperation in last year’s Continent-wide election for that body.
His answer, tinged with an uncharacteristic air of exasperation, was firm.
From BBC
“So they tell me — so they tell me repeatedly,” Brooks says with an air of exasperation.
From Los Angeles Times
At one point he says in exasperation: “Audiences don’t know somebody sits down and writes a picture; they think the actors make it up as they go along.”
From Los Angeles Times
The exchanges convey a rich mixture of love, exasperation, nostalgia and resentment that will be familiar to anyone who has ever been a mother or a daughter.
From Washington Post
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