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exasperated

UK/ɪɡˈzæspəɹeɪtɪd/US/ɪɡˈzæspəɹeɪtɪd/
adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,228 of 15,258neutral

Exasperated means worn out by something that keeps going wrong. An exasperated sigh, exasperated with him, growing exasperated.

The repetition is what makes it — you are exasperated by the fourth time, not the first — and it is tiredness as much as anger. It sits between annoyed and furious and it usually shows in the voice rather than in what is said.

Definitions of exasperated

  1. 1adjectiveexasperatedWorn out by something that keeps going wrong.C1

    “After the printer jammed for the third time, she threw up her hands, completely exasperated.”

exasperated is a state of irritation.

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exasperated in the wild

  • A quality of the show that is frequently satirized is Duffy's seemingly exasperated expressions of despair upon hearing of the plight of a caller.

    Phone-in

  • By this he exasperated the later Emperor Julian, who preferred the mysticism of Maximus and Chrysanthius.

    Eusebius of Myndus

  • After one year, the Alexandrian people, exasperated by Rabirius' exactions, rioted, and Auletes had Rabirius imprisoned.

    Gaius Rabirius Postumus

  • According to legend, it was given the name Fixer by an exasperated resident, George W.

    Fixer, Kentucky

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.