vexation
The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or somethingThe action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
» Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
Meide laute und aggressive Menschen, sie sind eine Qual für den Geist.
Избегайте крикливых и агрессивных лиц - они способны вынести вам мозг.
Meaning
8 senses(uncountable)The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable)The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
(uncountable)The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable)The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable)The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.
(uncountable)The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
(countable)A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
(obsolete, uncountable)The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
Examples
3 sentencesAvoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
ruИзбегайте крикливых и агрессивных лиц - они способны вынести вам мозг.
deMeide laute und aggressive Menschen, sie sind eine Qual für den Geist.
Free yourself of sadness, vexation, and fear!
Tom's vexation was evident.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English vexacioun, vexation (“physical suffering; act of inflicting troubFrom Late Middle English vexacioun, vexation (“physical suffering; act of inflicting trouble (specifically through unjustified legal action); anxiety, mental distress; mental disturbance”), from Anglo-Norman vexacion, vexation, Middle French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment (specifically through unjustified legal action)”), and Old French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment”) (modern French vexation), and from their etymon Latin vexātiō (“shaking or similar violent movement; (causing of) agitation, distress, suffering; harassment, persecution; trouble”), from vexātus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Vexātus is the perfect passive participle of vexō (“to shake or jolt violently; to annoy, harass; to persecute; to trouble violently”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. By surface analysis, vex + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process or its result, or a quality or state). Doublet of quake.
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Forms
plural: vexationsSynonyms
22 synonyms- anger produced by some annoying irritation:annoyancechafe
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed:irritationannoyancebotheration
- the act of troubling or annoying someone:annoyanceannoyingirritation
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness:concernworryheadache
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable