Lupus's blue eyes burned with exasperation (Page 2 of 2)

Just do it--however it feels right. I just finished reading a book in which the MC's eyes danced. If we were to take that literally, we might assume her eyeballs had parted company with her head. But we don't--we suspend our critical thinking and buy into it, if the writer has done his/ her job.

I too have thesauruses.  As to where I get my news ... It's not talk shows, whether F&F or The View.  Funny you should feel the need to drag politics into a discussion about the meaning of a word.

Does politics define everything about a person?  Is your worst slur "He's one of THEM?"  What would that say about you?

Exasperation is a reaction to people.  It differs from frustration in that the source of the difficulty is a person (or person substitute, like a dog whose personality you know).  The respect for that other person may lead to blame, but the inherent frustration is presumably blunted by respect for the other's personhood.

If you disagree, tell me where and how.  We can discuss the matter, or we may end up accepting our disagreement.  Anything else makes as much sense as judging the other person by the color(s) of his avatar.

I think that you need the sigh to accompany the moustache losing its lustre and drooping whilst the last vestige of the glimmer of hope dies in his eyes and he bursts the treasured balloon he is holding by inadvertently over-squeezing it and have him sob through quivering lips as he stares through his tears at the bits of broken balloon in his trembling hands whilst the stem of the tall daisy-like flower that protrudes from the top of his bowler hat simultaneously wilts and then sheds its petals. One by one. 

Then... and only then, will the reader understand the degree of exasperation the Benji is suffering.

You could reinforce this with having all four wheels on his car collapse and his doors fall off in time with a loud backfire and loads of smoke. Just to be safe.

Surely they are a sentence, not sentences? Given a sentence is singular container for words, the plural instance does not apply?

RFLMA.  Thank you. This was great.  You may want to submit for the Bulwer-Lytton!

or orgasm, or admiration/approbation, or disappointment/displeasure or disenchantment/disillusionment or envy/desire...  in my case the long, loud, drawn-out sigh usually means I've opened and read my Mastercard bill. Buyer's remorse.

The first expression of exasperation is when you hold your hands out palms up, roll your eyes upwards towards an imaginary heaven and mutter, "For fucks sake!' quietly to yourself whilst slowly shaking your head. Then comes the sigh. After the gurning and cussing.

The old hung head. True, hanging one's head in shame can be exasperating. If you are going to roll your eyes at an offender, you'd best hope their offence is not thievery, lest they decline to roll them back, which may induce a jaw drop.

Of course; and ditto

I can relate to your lack of confidence (in that you feel I may not understand your jollity). It is unfortunate that the new iteration of this site can be so stiff and spikey so as that it makes us feel that we need to explain, 'Pun Intended'. You'd assume a free-thinking community of creative writers would get it? Offence is far too easily taken, and I'm on shaky ground being a non-paying (reader, not writer) member. I'm expecting a Premium Member, "insulted" and offended by my very existence to chase me off the site at any moment.