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Exasperation   /ˌɛksˌæspərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Exasperation  n.  
1.
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger. "Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits."
2.
Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits."





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"Exasperation" Quotes from Famous Books



... with much asperity of manner, inquires of Mr. Bouncer (as footman) if Lady Trotter is informed that the Ladies Louisa and Arabella Mountfidget are waiting to see her? Mr. Bouncer replies, with a footman's bow, and a footman's hexasperation of his h's, "Me lady is haweer hof your ladyships' visit; but me lady is at present hunable to happear: me lady, 'owever, has give me a message, which she hasks me to deliver to your ladyships." Then why don't you ...
— The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede
... too complex to satisfy senses which need to analyze a single sensation. They are vanity, and in themselves they represent simulacra and parodies of actual life. And yet they form the world of our children, in which they are constrained to "consume" their potential powers in a continuous exasperation, which ...
— Spontaneous Activity in Education • Maria Montessori
... this point that, directed by love and etiquette, Mr. O'Grady knocked at the door. Mrs. O'Reilly was again cutting the loaf in an exasperation which was partly hunger and partly maternal, and, as she cut, she ...
— Here are Ladies • James Stephens
... of the Olenia was having his first taste of the unreasoning whim of the autocrat who was entitled to break into shipboard discipline, even in a critical moment. Mayo felt exasperation surging in him, but he ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day
... his thoughts was a confused sense of humiliation and of exasperation against his brother. The anger he felt had nearly been expressed in a murderous deed not more than two or three hours earlier, and the wish to strike was still present in his mind. He twisted his lips into an ugly smile as he recalled the scene in every detail; but the determination ...
— Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster • F. Marion Crawford


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