exasperation
noun
ex·as·per·a·tion
ig-ˌza-spə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: the state of being exasperated
2
: the act or an instance of exasperating someone
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They had all experienced the exasperation and frustration of holiday shopping.
add people who use cell phones inconsiderately to the list of daily exasperations
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Over the course of more than a thousand pages, Leon Forrest’s novel Divine Days, reissued after three decades, elicits from the reader every emotion from awe to exasperation.
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Christopher Byrd, The New York Review of Books, 2 May 2024
Privately in her chambers, the mistress — much to her exasperation — is tutored on the acceptable ways to greet and retreat from Louis XV.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
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Christopher Byrd, The New York Review of Books, 2 May 2024
Privately in her chambers, the mistress — much to her exasperation — is tutored on the acceptable ways to greet and retreat from Louis XV.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
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“Exasperation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exasperation. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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exasperation
noun
ex·as·per·a·tion
ig-ˌzas-pə-ˈrā-shən
1
: extreme annoyance : anger
2
: a source of annoyance
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