exasperationnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪɡˌzɑː.spəˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ɪɡˌzæs.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/the feeling of being annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem:
There is growing exasperation within the government at the failure of these policies to reduce unemployment.
After ten hours of fruitless negotiations, he stormed out of the meeting in exasperation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- hissy fit
- irritation
- resent
- resentful
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
- spite
- tantrum
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