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Definition of Exasperated
1. Adjective. Greatly annoyed; out of patience. "Felt exasperated beyond endurance"
Definition of Exasperated
1. Verb. (past of exasperate) ¹
2. Adjective. greatly annoyed; made furious ¹
3. Adjective. made worse or more intense ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exasperated
1. exasperate [v] - See also: exasperate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exasperated
Literary usage of Exasperated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... durst not walk abroad, or appear in the Streets, the People were soe exasperated
against them, and noe other Relation come- Ireland. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... exasperated the sentiments of mutual hatred which had firs', occasioned the
separation ; and the methods of force and corruption employed by the two ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"assembly of St. Kitt's, feeling these general truths as individual insults, were
exasperated against the governor, and passed angry resolutions concerning ..."
4. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... and a hatred of the puritans, exasperated the spirit of liberty, already so
strong in the commons. Another feature in the king's character, ..."
5. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"... more exasperated daily—which has already destroyed the benefits of the Union,
and which, unless checked, will also destroy its form. ..."
6. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1866)
"... moderate plan of comprehen- The clergy sion hateful to the priesthood still
remains to against the . * /» ii .11 -n * exasperated _ • i -ITTI T-» II/ ..."
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