Exasperated vs. Angry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Exasperated and Angry
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Exasperated
To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly.
Angry
Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger
Why are you angry with me?
I'm angry that she didn't call me
Exasperated
To increase the gravity or intensity of
"a scene ... that exasperates his rose fever and makes him sneeze" (Samuel Beckett).
Angry
Feeling or showing anger; incensed or enraged
Angry at my boss.
Angry with her.
Exasperated
Simple past tense and past participle of exasperate
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Angry
Indicative of or resulting from anger
An angry silence.
Exasperated
Having one's patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.
Angry
Having a menacing aspect; threatening
Angry clouds on the horizon.
Exasperated
Made worse or more intense.
Angry
Chiefly New England & Midland US Inflamed and painful
An angry sore.
Exasperated
Greatly annoyed; out of patience;
Had an exasperated look on his face
Felt exasperated beyond endurance
Angry
Displaying or feeling anger.
His face became angry.
An angry mob started looting the warehouse.
Angry
(said about a wound or a rash) inflamed and painful.
The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
Angry
Dark and stormy, menacing.
Angry clouds raced across the sky.
Angry
Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit.
Angry
Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
Angry
Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; - followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.
Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves.
Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice?
Angry
Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves.
Angry
Red.
Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave.
Angry
Sharp; keen; stimulated.
I never ate with angrier appetite.
Angry
Feeling or showing anger;
Angry at the weather
Angry customers
An angry silence
Sending angry letters to the papers
Angry
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;
Angry clouds on the horizon
Furious winds
The raging sea
Angry
Severely inflamed and painful;
An angry sore
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