Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exasperation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exasperation \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exasperation
n 1: an exasperated feeling of annoyance [syn: {aggravation}]
2: actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
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