Alastair Reynolds

I watched 'Who' with a mixture of affection and exasperation through the eighties, always ready to cheer on the Doctor but seldom feeling that the series was playing to its strengths. Some of the adventures, revisited on DVD, turn out to be better than I remembered - others just as infuriating.

British Author

Octavia E. Butler

I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?

American Writer

C. L. R. James

In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the economy and the strain of the war have been directed as much against the government as against private capital.

Trinidadian Journalist

Laurie Graham

My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.

English Journalist

Letitia Baldrige

Europeans are easily offended by errors in their titles or full names. Their exasperation is equal to that shown by Americans when the department store fouls up their bills.

Helmut Kohl

I have every reason, despite the resentment and exasperation, to be proud. I have nothing better to be proud of than being proud of German unity.

German Politician

Anne Robinson

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

British Celebrity

Barber Conable

Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.

American Politician

Exasperation implies a strong emotional reaction, often due to repeated annoyances.

Emotional Intensity

People showing exasperation might use expressive body language, like eye-rolling or sighing.

Body Language

Exasperation is not usually considered rude, but a natural reaction to frustrating situations.

Not Offensive

 you'll see the exasperation on their faces. You see, this is what India is today. The ground reality is based on a cyclical world view. So, it's rapidly changing, highly diverse, chaotic, ambiguous, unpredictable.