exasperation

exasperation
n
1. provocation, fomentation, incitement, incitation, instigation, excitation, agitation, inflammation, deliberate aggravation; provoking, fomenting, inciting, instigating, agitating, inflaming; infuriation, enragement; infuriating, angering.
2. irritation, vexation, annoyance; irritating, annoying, bothering, exasperating, pestering, vexing, disturbing, harassing, hectoring, badgering.
3. exacerbation, aggravation, intensification; exacerbating, aggravating, intensifying, heightening, deepening, sharpening, worsening.
4. displeasure, discontent, dissatisfaction, disapproval, disapprobation; anger, ire, dudgeon, pique, huff, tiff; indignation, umbrage, offense; rage, fury, vehemence.
5. embitterment, bitterness, bitter resentment, resentment, resentfulness, hard feelings, animosity; virulence, acrimony, acerbity; choler, rancor, spleen, ill or bad humor, ill or bad feeling, ill or bad temper.
6. irritant, nuisance, pest, bother, problem, trouble, Inf. headache, Sl. pain in the neck, pea in the shoe; salt in the wound. ex cathedra, Latin. from the seat of authority, from the authorities, from the powers that be, Inf. from the top, Sl. from the horse's mouth; with authority, authoritatively, imperatively, commandingly, officially; authoritative, imperative, commanding, preeminent, supreme, autocratic, dictatorial, arbitrary.

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  • exaspération — [ ɛgzasperasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1588, repris fin XVIIIe; lat. exasperatio 1 ♦ Vieilli Extrême aggravation (d un mal). ⇒ aggravation. Exaspération d un mal, d une douleur. ⇒ exacerbation. ♢ Fig. et littér. Exaspération d un désir, d un besoin, d un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits. South. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Exasperation — (v. lat.), 1) Erbitterung; 2) Schärfung, so Exasperatio poenae, Strafschärfung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Exasperation — (lat.), Erbitterung, Verschärfung; exasperieren, erbittern, ein Übel verschärfen. Exasperationsprinzip oder Asperationsprinzip, im Strafrecht Grundsatz, beim Zusammentreffen mehrerer Straftaten nicht etwa die für jede einzelne Straftat erkannten… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Exasperation — Exasperation, lat. deutsch, Erbitterung; exasperatio poenae, Strafschärfung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • exasperation — index provocation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • exaspération — EXASPÉRATION: Constamment à son comble …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • exasperation — 1540s, from L. exasperationem (nom. exasperatio), noun of action from pp. stem of exasperare (see EXASPERATE (Cf. exasperate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • exasperation — [n] upset, provocation aggravation, anger, annoyance, besetment, bother, botheration, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath; concepts 29,410 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • exasperation — [eg zas΄pər ā′shən, igzas΄pər ā′shən] n. an exasperating or being exasperated; great irritation or annoyance …   English World dictionary

  • exasperation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sheer, utter ▪ mild … OF EXASPERATION ▪ hint VERB + EXASPERATION ▪ feel …   Collocations dictionary

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