vexation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English vexacioun, from Old French vexacion, from Latin vexātiō. By surface analysis, vex + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vexation (countable and uncountable, plural vexations)
- The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
- The state of being vexed or irritated.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 12:
- All was safe and prosperous; and as the removal of one solicitude generally makes way for another, Emma, being now certain of her ball, began to adopt as the next vexation Mr. Knightley’s provoking indifference about it.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- He gave the doctor a look of vexation. He was surprised to see him, and resented the intrusion.
- Someone or Something that vexes or irritates.
- 1854, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease; or, The Brother's Wife[1]:
- She did harass Helen to give me up; but, after all, poor woman, I believe I have been a great vexation to her, and I cannot help being sorry for her.
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Translations edit
act of annoying, vexing or irritating
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state of being vexed or irritated
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something that vexes or irritates
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vexation f (plural vexations)
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Further reading edit
- “vexation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
vexation
- Alternative form of vexacioun