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exasperating - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective adjective exacerbating .
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verb exasperate .adjective exasperates , infuriates , annoys or irritates
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective adjective
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What I find a bit exasperating is encountering poets (of a certain age) who somehow look down on online publications as beneath a “real” publication (read print).
In Praise of Online Journals : Rigoberto González : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
And this debate doesn't save any money, which is why it is kind of exasperating to some of us who really want to cut spending.
Coalition of senators challenges GOP on earmarks Philip Rucker 2010
And this debate doesn't save any money, which is why it is kind of exasperating to some of us who really want to cut spending.
Coalition of senators challenges GOP on earmarks Philip Rucker 2010
And this debate doesn't save any money, which is why it is kind of exasperating to some of us who really want to cut spending.
Mitch McConnell Backs Earmark Ban After Requesting Nearly $1 BILLION In Pork The Huffington Post News Team 2010
In a separate research note, the bank described the euro as "exasperating ," adding that the currency's rally from under $1.19 in early June to over $1.30 by late July had "wrong-footed many in the currency market."
Banks Back Off Grim Euro Calls 2010
I don't make a big deal out of them calling me by my first name, but it's just kind of exasperating since if I was an older looking man like the other professor I highly doubt they would call me by my first name or assume I was a TA.
Emails to undergrads Professor in Training 2009
There are no words for this kind of exasperating character, and yet one quickly realizes that if Woody had played it, this scene would have been hilarious instead of pathetic and aggravating.
Archive 2008-11-01 Ed Howard 2008
There are no words for this kind of exasperating character, and yet one quickly realizes that if Woody had played it, this scene would have been hilarious instead of pathetic and aggravating.
Celebrity Ed Howard 2008
He said it was "exasperating " the full assembly sat only two afternoons a week, and then often finished early.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
He said it was "exasperating " the full assembly sat only two afternoons a week, and then often finished early.
Time wasters? 2006
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