Meaning of EXASPERATION
| Pronunciation: | | ig`zaspu'reyshun
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- [n] actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
- [n] an exasperated feeling of annoyance
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| | Synonyms: | | aggravation |
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| | See Also: | | annoyance, annoyance, annoying, chafe, exacerbation, irritation, vexation, vexation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*as`per*a"tion\, n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F.
exasp['e]ration.]
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. --South.
2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation;
exacerbation. ``Exasperation of the fits.'' --Sir H.
Wotton.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggravation, agitation, amplification, animation, annoyance, annoyingness, arousal, arousing, augmentation, bad news, bedevilment, besetment, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, contentiousness, crashing bore, deepening, deliberate aggravation, deterioration, devilment, difficulty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, dogging, downer, drag, electrification, embittering, embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, firing, fomentation, galvanization, harassment, harrying, headache, heightening, hounding, incitation, incitement, increase, inflammation, infuriation, instigation, intensification, irksomeness, irritant, irritation, lathering up, magnification, molestation, nuisance, pep rally, pep talk, persecution, perturbation, peskiness, pest, pester, pestiferousness, plague, plaguesomeness, pother, problem, provocation, provokingness, rabble-rousing, resentfulness, resentment, sharpening, souring, steaming up, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, stirring-up, tiresomeness, trial, trouble, troublesomeness, vexation, vexatiousness, wearisomeness, whipping up, working up, worriment, worrisomeness, worry, worsening |
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