EXASPERATED Synonyms: 159 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ig-ˈza-spə-ˌrā-təd

Definition of exasperated

as in annoyed

subjected to and reacting with irritation overworked, exasperated parents barking at their children over little things

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verb

past tense of exasperate

as in irritated

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts small children can exasperate their parents with endless questions about why this or that is so

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Adjective

An exasperated Tomás enters the thicket himself to retrieve, among other items, Liam’s boot, and doesn’t emerge until the next day—not screaming, but fundamentally changed. — Nora Biette-Timmons, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Republican voters, the bulwark of the president’s political power, appear similarly exasperated. — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

Verb

The fans were exasperated with the police presence. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 9 June 2026 Richmond, exasperated, seems to have folded up Paine’s gift into quarters and buried it within his papers. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for exasperated

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Economists and the commentariat, playing the role of the annoyed parent, point out that over-all employment has been strong for a while.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 28 July 2026
Whatever the yellow jersey’s feelings, teams were annoyed, often more privately than publicly.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of annoyed

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But the idea has irritated California’s billionaire class, and some have left the state in protest or threatened to do so.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Hasslers, the researchers found, tended to be people who irritated the study respondents but whom the respondents could not escape.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of irritated

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The effect that Republicans’ Wuhan investigations and right-leaning media had on Fauci’s public image continuously bothered him, according to the writings.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
Johnson took the job partly out of patriotism; he was bothered that so few people knew the smartphone was a Canadian invention.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of bothered

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The Braves opted against parting with their most valuable prospects at the trade deadline, a decision that’s upset part of the fanbase and many around the organization but will require time to judge.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
It’s considered the biggest upset in the history of the tournament.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of upset

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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a law-enforcement agency known as NABU, had bugged Mindich’s apartment in Kyiv, and detectives picked up his conversations about Fire Point.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026

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His son, 16-year-old Colt Gray, pleaded guilty to all 55 counts against him, including murder and aggravated assault.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2026
State prison records show Milton has previously done years behind bars for burglary, retail theft, drug possession, armed robbery and aggravated battery, among other convictions, stretching back to the late 1990s.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of aggravated

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Although the two programs similarly target humanitarian concerns, being a TPS holder does not guarantee asylum, which requires that applicants prove they’ve been persecuted on specific grounds.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026
In The Bacchae, Dionysus becomes violent only because his existence has been denied and his followers persecuted, and his maenads similarly become destructive only when pursued.

— Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2026

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