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exasperated
[ ig-zas-puh-rey-tid ]
adjective
- 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
- the simple past tense and past participle of exasperate ( def ).
Other Words From
- ex·as·per·at·ed·ly adverb
- un·ex·as·per·at·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of exasperated1
Example Sentences
Like most caretakers, we are overwhelmed and exasperated, and now sitting on a mountain of Legos that stab our feet every night.
In the time since, the Tesla solar roof has run into technical issues and mounting costs in manufacturing and installation, leading to exasperated customers and even a lawsuit from Walmart, for fires allegedly caused by the solar panels.
Around them, it’s easiest to witness the quicksilver changes in personae that O’Brien runs through — gawky freak, obnoxious boss, righteously exasperated bully — that allow him to find the best laughs in each moment.
That is both an endorsement and an exasperated eye roll at its multiple endings, the last of which seem to tease some sort of Cruella & Flunkies crime supersquad franchise.
The ad drew an immediate and overwhelmingly negative reaction for exasperated social media users, many who identify as LGBTQ, decrying the reality TV personality getting into politics.
This year APEC seemed to stand for: Asian People Exasperated with China.
Understandably, even Tea Leoni is a bit exasperated with all the questions about Clinton comparisons, shouting “Kissinger!”
As I hasten to reassure these exasperated moms and dads, I had to be in the office anyway.
Finally, an exasperated Eisenhower ordered the support necessary to help recover Paris.
He may have been particularly exasperated because he had just been texting with his wife about dinner.
This exasperated the students so that they began one of those demonstrations for which Paris is famous.
Seymour, exasperated by finding that no party was inclined to support his pretensions, spoke with extravagant violence.
Gila Bend had exasperated him because it was not the town it called itself, but a huddle of adobe huts.
But who knows; he was perhaps more exasperated by ill fortune, delirium, or despair, than really bad at heart.
At other places, exasperated at the chiefs of the episcopal party, the communiers were demolishing their fortified houses.
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