MEANING
Strong irritation produced by repeated difficulty, annoyance, or provocation.
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Words that belong together
- with exasperation
- growing exasperation
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She closed the ledger with exasperation after the third missing entry.
Growing exasperation sharpened his normally careful voice.
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- Base
- exasperation
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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