All 5 Uses of
exasperated
in
The Age of Innocence
- He could not deplore (as Thackeray's heroes so often exasperated him by doing) that he had not a blank page to offer his bride in exchange for the unblemished one she was to give to him.†
Chpt 6
- "Well, then, if they must have a victim, you have my leave to throw Madame Olenska to them," cried her son, exasperated.†
Chpt 10 *
- In consequence of this search he arrived late at the office, perceived that his doing so made no difference whatever to any one, and was filled with sudden exasperation at the elaborate futility of his life.†
Chpt 14
- It was fairly clear that Madame Olenska had not known that he was coming, though her words to Archer had hinted at the possibility; at any rate, she had evidently not told him where she was going when she left New York, and her unexplained departure had exasperated him.†
Chpt 15
- "I'm so sorry: it shan't happen again," she answered, in the firm bright tone she had learned from her mother; and it exasperated Archer to feel that she was already beginning to humour him like a younger Mr. Welland.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(exasperated) greatly annoyed