ex·as·per·a·tion

(ĭg-zăs′pə-rā′shən)

1. The act or an instance of exasperating.

2. The state of being exasperated; frustrated annoyance.

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ex•as•per•a•tion

(ɪgˌzæs pəˈreɪ ʃən)

n.

1. an act or instance of exasperating.

2. the state of being exasperated.

[1540–50; < Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	exasperation - an exasperated feeling of annoyance aggravation vexation, annoyance, chafe - anger produced by some annoying irritation
	2.	exasperation - actions that cause great irritation (or even anger) annoying, vexation, annoyance, irritation - the act of troubling or annoying someone exacerbation - violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"

exasperation

noun irritation, anger, rage, fury, wrath, provocation, passion, annoyance, ire (literary), pique, aggravation (informal), vexation, exacerbation There was a trace of exasperation in his voice.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

exasperation

noun

1. The act of annoying:

annoyance, botheration, bothering, harassment, irritation, pestering, provocation, vexation.

2. The feeling of being annoyed:

aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, irritation, vexation.

Translations

إغاظَه

irritationophidselse

Verärgerung

irritación

exaspération agacement

felbosszantás

gremja, reiîi

animosità esasperazione

harme irritasjon

kızgınlıköfke

愤怒

exasperation

[ɪgˌzɑːspəˈreɪʃən] N → exasperación f
"hurry!" he cried in exasperation → -¡date prisa! -gritó exasperado or con exasperación

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

exasperation

[ɪgˌzɑːspəˈreɪʃ^ən] n → exaspération f, irritation f
in exasperation → exaspéré(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

exasperation

n → Verzweiflung f (→ with über +acc); he cried out in exasperation → er schrie verzweifelt auf

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exasperation

[ɪgˌzɑːspəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → esasperazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

exasperate

(igˈzaːspəreit) verb

to irritate (someone) very much indeed. He was exasperated by the continual interruptions.

exˌaspeˈration noun

She hit the child in exasperation.

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Would exasperation, however, if relief had longer been postponed, finally have betrayed me?

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"Come teh yer suppers, now," she cried with sudden exasperation. "Hurry up, now, er I'll help yeh!"

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The amiable old gentleman, it seemed, had intended to leave the whole to the Royal Humane Society, and had indeed executed a will to that effect; but the Institution, having been unfortunate enough, a few months before, to save the life of a poor relation to whom he paid a weekly allowance of three shillings and sixpence, he had, in a fit of very natural exasperation, revoked the bequest in a codicil, and left it all to Mr Godfrey Nickleby; with a special mention of his indignation, not only against the society for saving the poor relation's life, but against the poor relation also, for allowing himself to be saved.

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This dear good Sviazhsky, keeping a stock of ideas simply for social purposes, and obviously having some other principles hidden from Levin, while with the crowd, whose name is legion, he guided public opinion by ideas he did not share; that irascible country gentleman, perfectly correct in the conclusions that he had been worried into by life, but wrong in his exasperation against a whole class, and that the best class in Russia; his own dissatisfaction with the work he had been doing, and the vague hope of finding a remedy for all this--all was blended in a sense of inward turmoil, and anticipation of some solution near at hand.

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So much for your rotten pessimism," he snarled at Michaelis, who uncrossed his thick legs, similar to bolsters, and slid his feet abruptly under his chair in sign of exasperation.

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