All 10 Uses of
exasperated
in
War and Peace
- But when she saw that Pierre's sacrilegious words had not exasperated the vicomte, and had convinced herself that it was impossible to stop him, she rallied her forces and joined the vicomte in a vigorous attack on the orator.†
Chpt 1
- The two commanders were much exasperated with one another and, long after the action had begun on the right flank and the French were already advancing, were engaged in discussion with the sole object of offending one another.†
Chpt 2
- A strange feeling of exasperation and yet of respect for this man's self-possession mingled at that moment in Rostov's soul.†
Chpt 3 *
- "What are you about?" shouted Rostov, looking at him in an ecstasy of exasperation.†
Chpt 4
- He sucked and swallowed the cold snow, his lips quivered but his eyes, still smiling, glittered with effort and exasperation as he mustered his remaining strength.†
Chpt 4
- "Oh, leave off, you always talk nonsense and keep putting things off—and this is what comes of it!" said Prince Andrew in an exasperated whisper, evidently meaning to wound his sister.†
Chpt 5
- "To him who has borne himself most bravely in this last war," added Napoleon, accentuating each syllable, as with a composure and assurance exasperating to Rostov, he ran his eyes over the Russian ranks drawn up before him, who all presented arms with their eyes fixed on their Emperor.†
Chpt 5
- Nicholas expressed his disapproval of the postponement of the marriage for a year; but Natasha attacked her brother with exasperation, proving to him that it could not be otherwise, and that it would be a bad thing to enter a family against the father's will, and that she herself wished it so.†
Chpt 7
- She saw with sorrow, and sometimes with exasperation, symptoms of a growing attachment between her son and the portionless Sonya.†
Chpt 7
- Rostopchin felt this, and it was this which exasperated him.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(exasperated) greatly annoyed