Thesaurus: vexation

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1. n. The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
2. n. The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
3. n. A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit.
4. n. anger produced by some annoying irritation
5. n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
6. n. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
7. n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
8. 1. The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation. Passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but vexation and pain. Sir W. Temple. Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of vexation. Macaulay. 2. The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction. Your children were vexation to your youth. Shak. 3. A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. Bacon. Syn. -- Chagrin; agitation; mortification; uneasiness; trouble; grief; sorrow; distress. See Chagrin.
9. n:100 n anger produced by some annoying irritation n the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed n something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness n the act of troubling or annoying someone