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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

खीझ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: khījh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exasperation/ɪɡˌzæspəˈreɪʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"वह सवालों की अंतहीन धारा पर खीझ में आहें भर रही थी।"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.

    "She sighed in exasperation at the endless stream of questions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'exasperare' (to make rough, provoke), formed from the prefix 'ex-' (out, thoroughly) and 'asper' (rough, harsh). Entering English in the late 16th century, the term shifted from its literal physical sense of roughness to describe the psychological state of being intensely irritated or provoked.

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