EXASPERATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exasperated mean? 

• EXASPERATED (adjective)
  The adjective EXASPERATED has 1 sense:

1. greatly annoyed; out of patience

  Familiarity information: EXASPERATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXASPERATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greatly annoyed; out of patience

Synonyms:

browned off; cheesed off; exasperated

Context example:

felt exasperated beyond endurance

Similar:

displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)

 Context examples 

During my absence I should leave my friends unconscious of the existence of their enemy and unprotected from his attacks, exasperated as he might be by my departure.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“No. I was a young boy, and she exasperated me, and I threw a hammer at her. A promising young angel I must have been!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Why, she wanted a pair of blue boots for Sallie's party, so she just painted her soiled white ones the loveliest shade of sky blue you ever saw, and they looked exactly like satin, added Jo, with an air of pride in her sister's accomplishments that exasperated Amy till she felt that it would be a relief to throw her cardcase at her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My aunt was so exasperated by the coolness with which Miss Murdstone looked about her, that I really believe she was motionless, and unable for the moment to dart out according to custom.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She also might turn with disgust from him to the superior beauty of man; she might quit him, and he be again alone, exasperated by the fresh provocation of being deserted by one of his own species.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This, and many offers to lend him a knife for the purpose, exasperated him to such a degree, that the whole day was a succession of rushes on his part, and flights on the part of the boys.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She said it exasperated her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If he had retorted or openly exasperated me, it would have been a relief and a justification; but he had put me on a slow fire, on which I lay tormented half the night.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I tried four times; finally an exasperated central told me the wire was being kept open for long distance from Detroit.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)