Exasperation
noun
A feeling of intense annoyance or frustration.
She rolled her eyes in exasperation when he started arguing with her again.
Often appears as...
- sigh of exasperation
- roll eyes in exasperation
noun
A feeling of intense annoyance or frustration.
She rolled her eyes in exasperation when he started arguing with her again.
Often appears as...
- sigh of exasperation
- roll eyes in exasperation
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Exasperation implies a strong emotional reaction, often due to repeated annoyances.
His exasperation was evident after the long, unproductive meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Body Language
People showing exasperation might use expressive body language, like eye-rolling or sighing.
She sighed in exasperation after explaining the task for the third time.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Offensive
Exasperation is not usually considered rude, but a natural reaction to frustrating situations.
In exasperation, he asked if anyone actually read the instructions he provided.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Exasperation implies a strong emotional reaction, often due to repeated annoyances.
His exasperation was evident after the long, unproductive meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Body Language
People showing exasperation might use expressive body language, like eye-rolling or sighing.
She sighed in exasperation after explaining the task for the third time.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Offensive
Exasperation is not usually considered rude, but a natural reaction to frustrating situations.
In exasperation, he asked if anyone actually read the instructions he provided.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Exasperation implies a strong emotional reaction, often due to repeated annoyances.
His exasperation was evident after the long, unproductive meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Body Language
People showing exasperation might use expressive body language, like eye-rolling or sighing.
She sighed in exasperation after explaining the task for the third time.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Offensive
Exasperation is not usually considered rude, but a natural reaction to frustrating situations.
In exasperation, he asked if anyone actually read the instructions he provided.
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East vs west -- the...
you'll see the exasperation on their faces. You see, this is what India is today. The ground reality is based on a cyclical world view. So, it's rapidly changing, highly diverse, chaotic, ambiguous, unpredictable.
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Quote examples
Alastair Reynolds
British Author
I watched 'Who' with a mixture of affection and exasperation through the eighties, always ready to cheer on the Doctor but seldom feeling that the series was playing to its strengths. Some of the adventures, revisited on DVD, turn out to be better than I remembered - others just as infuriating.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?
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C. L. R. James
Trinidadian Journalist
In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the economy and the strain of the war have been directed as much against the government as against private capital.
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Laurie Graham
English Journalist
My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.
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Letitia Baldrige
American Writer
Europeans are easily offended by errors in their titles or full names. Their exasperation is equal to that shown by Americans when the department store fouls up their bills.
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Helmut Kohl
German Politician
I have every reason, despite the resentment and exasperation, to be proud. I have nothing better to be proud of than being proud of German unity.
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Anne Robinson
British Celebrity
We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.
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Barber Conable
American Politician
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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Alastair Reynolds
British Author
I watched 'Who' with a mixture of affection and exasperation through the eighties, always ready to cheer on the Doctor but seldom feeling that the series was playing to its strengths. Some of the adventures, revisited on DVD, turn out to be better than I remembered - others just as infuriating.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?
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C. L. R. James
Trinidadian Journalist
In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the economy and the strain of the war have been directed as much against the government as against private capital.
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Laurie Graham
English Journalist
My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.
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Letitia Baldrige
American Writer
Europeans are easily offended by errors in their titles or full names. Their exasperation is equal to that shown by Americans when the department store fouls up their bills.
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Helmut Kohl
German Politician
I have every reason, despite the resentment and exasperation, to be proud. I have nothing better to be proud of than being proud of German unity.
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Anne Robinson
British Celebrity
We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.
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Barber Conable
American Politician
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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