vexation

Etymology

From Middle English vexacioun, from Old French vexacion, from Latin vexātiō; synchronically analyzable as vex + -ation.

noun

  1. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
  2. The state of being vexed or irritated.
    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. 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 12
  3. Someone or Something that vexes or irritates.
    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. 1854, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease; or, The Brother's Wife

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