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Vexation
Vex-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
vexatio
: cf. F. vexation
.] 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. Shakespeare
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
.