What does vexation mean?

Definitions for vexation
vɛkˈseɪ ʃənvex·a·tion

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vexation.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. annoyance, chafe, vexationnoun

    anger produced by some annoying irritation

  2. irritation, annoyance, vexation, botherationnoun

    the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

  3. concern, worry, headache, vexationnoun

    something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

    "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

  4. annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexationnoun

    the act of troubling or annoying someone

Wiktionary

  1. vexationnoun

    The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.

  2. vexationnoun

    The state of being vexed or irritated.

  3. Etymology: From vex + -ation

ChatGPT

  1. vexation

    Vexation is a state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried. It can also refer to something that causes such a state such as a problem or difficulty.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vexationnoun

    the act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation

  2. Vexationnoun

    the cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction

  3. Vexationnoun

    a harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vexation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vexation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of vexation in a Sentence

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.

  2. Michel de Montaigne:

    There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

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