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synonyms for exasperation

  • anger
  • annoyance
  • displeasure
  • fury
  • ire
  • irritation
  • pique
  • rage
  • resentment
  • aggravation
  • bother
  • botheration
  • exacerbation
  • irritant
  • nuisance
  • passion
  • pest
  • plague
  • vexation
  • wrath
  • besetment
On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exasperation, such as: anger, annoyance, displeasure, fury, ire, and irritation.

antonyms for exasperation

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  • calm
  • cheer
  • delight
  • enjoyment
  • happiness
  • joy
  • peace
  • pleasure
  • calming
  • calmness
  • comfort
  • ease
  • placation
  • pleasing
  • soothing
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How to use exasperation in a sentence

The emotional exorcism is a product of everyday life’s annoyances, of decades of intimate relationship with family, and of exasperation with, simply, the way things are.
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Carlee Simon, the superintendent of Alachua County Public Schools, expressed exasperation over the new rules.
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In the early 1990s, a group of political scientists observed with barely concealed exasperation that birth order had been “linked to a truly staggering range of behaviors.”
DOES BIRTH ORDER REALLY DETERMINE PERSONALITY? HERE'S WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYSLYNN BERGERAPRIL 13, 2021TIME
It was a no-nonsense sort of afternoon for Ewing, the former New York Knicks star who expressed some mild exasperation at being asked to show identification in his old arena.
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Emails and letters obtained by VOSD reveal that Family Health Centers has long tussled with the city over building issues, costs that weren’t covered by the city, exasperation over changing documentation requirements and city processes, and more.
HOMELESS NONPROFIT RUNNING NAVIGATION CENTER SLAMS CITY, EXITS CONTRACT EARLYLISA HALVERSTADTSEPTEMBER 30, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Likely, the few voters still trying to make up their minds by watching this shoutfest will simply throw up their hands in exasperation.
DEBATE DUST-UP: ARE YOU EXASPERATED?DANIEL MALLOYSEPTEMBER 30, 2020OZY
After his recent exasperation he longed to ease his heart of a sketch, but obstinacy held him back.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSA
He did not profit in the least by his invention; in fact, it must have brought him little but exasperation and discouragement.
INVENTIONBRADLEY A. FISKE
But these efforts to escape from their hard and cruel masters further intensified the exasperation of the South.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME XIIJOHN LORD
Then in my exasperation I whipped a pistol out of my belt, and levelling it at him, pulled the trigger.
A MIDDY OF THE KINGHARRY COLLINGWOOD
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO EXASPERATION

  • affliction
  • aggro
  • bother
  • botheration
  • difficulty
  • distress
  • exasperation
  • hang-up
  • headache
  • irksomeness
  • irritation
  • pain
  • pain in the neck
  • pet peeve
  • provocation
  • teasing
  • vexation
  • worry
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