Vexation

Definitions: Vexation

Vexation

Noun

1. Anger produced by some annoying irritation.

2. The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed.

3. Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry".

4. The act of troubling or annoying someone.

Date "vexation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Vexation \Vex*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression vexatio: compare to the French expression vexation.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Vexation

Synonyms: annoyance (n), annoying (n), chafe (n), concern (n), headache (n), irritation (n), worry (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Discontent	Inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness; worry, concern, fear.
Pain	Displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet; malaise; inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit; taking; discontent.
	Annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation; plague, bore; bother, botheration; stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre; mauvais quart d'heur.
	Annoyance, grievance, nuisance, vexation, mortification, sickener; bore, bother, pother, hot water, "sea of troubles", hornet's nest, plague, pest.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Vexation

English words defined with "vexation": Brame ♦ embarrassing ♦ Fash, Feaze ♦ Hag ♦ Infesttation ♦ mortifying ♦ Odfend ♦ Pesterment ♦ Seek-sorrow ♦ teasing, To laugh out of the other corner, To take the trouble. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vexation": Banjo, Brocklehurst ♦ Carving ♦ Daughter ♦ Eating ♦ Fighting Fifth ♦ Loom, Louse ♦ Museum ♦ Pickles, Pineapple, Pot, Puddle, Pulpit ♦ Resurrection ♦ Tenant. (references)

Etymologies containing "vexation": Agnail ♦ Seek-sorrow ♦ Vexatious. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Vexation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (enraging, irritation, slighting, snub, soreness, teasing, vexation).

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray inv. & fct.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Ralph Waldo Emerson	A sect or party is an incognito devised to save man from the vexation of thinking.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Cosette had one vexation.
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"Vexation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vexation" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	40	54,274

Expression using "vexation": vexation of spirit. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "vexation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shqetësim (affliction, agitation, anxiety, bother, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturbance, fash, fear, feeling, fidget, flurry, fret, Fry, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, moil, perturbation, plague, preoccupation, qualm, restlessness, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, worry), irritim (exasperation, frustration, verjuice), bezdisje (persecution). (various references)

Arabic		‏مضايقة (annoyance, bothering, discomfort, harassing, harassment, irritation, molestation, nuisance, teasing), ‏مصدر إغاظة, ‏إغاظة (enraging, irritation, soreness, teasing), ‏إضاب. (various references)

Bulgarian		ядосване (grizzle), яд (Dander, dudgeon, fume, grizzle, grudge, monkey, resentment, spite, wrath), разсърдване, раздразнение (aggravation, annoyance, chagrin, exasperation, fret, gall, heat, irritation, peeve, rasp, snit, soreness, warmth), неприятност (annoyance, cross, headache, mischief, nuisance, packet, plague, rub, scrape, shame, spot, trouble), дразнене (harassment, jar, provocation, rasp), досадно нещо (nuisance, trial), досада (annoyance, chagrin, displeasure, ennui, pip, plague, tedium, weariness). (various references)

Chinese		苦惱 (ail, annoy, distress, distressed, to be in misery), 煩惱 (agonize, agony, annoyance, upset, worries). (various references)

Czech		trápení (care, harassment, misery, plague, suffering, torment, torture, trouble, worry), soužení (ordeal, tribulation, trouble, worry), mrzutost (aggravation, annoyance, grouchiness, sourness, trouble, unpleasantness). (various references)

Farsi		حالت تحریک , تغییر (Change, Commutation, Conversion, Mutation, Variation, Vicissitude), زار (Deplorable, Lamentable), زردگی , رنجش (Acrimony, Annoyance, Bother, Grief, Irritation, Miff, Offense, Pique, Resentment, Umbrage). (various references)

Finnish		mieliharmi (annoyance, worry), kiusa (annoyance, bore, bother, nuisance), harmi (annoyance, displeasure, trouble), ahdistus (agony, angor, anxiety, apprehension, difficulty in breathing, interference, oppression, torment). (various references)

French		vexation, ennui, contrariété. (various references)

German		ärger (aggravation, anger, annoyance, bother, chagrin, dander, exasperation, hassle, irritation, nuisance, resentment, tangle, trouble, upset, worry). (various references)

Greek		ενόχληση (annoyance, bother, disturbance, failure, harassment, hassle, importunity, inconvenience, infestation, moil, molestation, nuisance, operating trouble, peeve, trouble), τσαντίλα, οργή (anger, fury, huff, ire, outrage, pet, rage, stroke, temper, wrath, wrathfulness). (various references)

Hebrew		מטר�" (bother, drag, inconvenience, nuisance), ק� טור (annoyance, irritation, provocation, taunt, teasing), ק� טר� ות (annoyance, quarrelsomeness, spitefulness), �"תר�'זות (anger, irritation), �"ק� ט�" (irritation, molestation, provocation, teasing), �"ר�'ז�" (angering, irritating, provoking), רו�'ז (angry, dudgeon, exasperation, flounce, huff, irate, sour). (various references)

Hungarian		zaklatás (annoyance, bother, harassment, molestation, persecution), bosszantás (aggravation, harassment, infliction). (various references)

Indonesian		kekesalan (annoyance, being fed up, tantrum), gangguan (bother, derangement, disruption, disturbance, harassment, hindrance, interruption, irritation, nuisance). (various references)

Italian		irritazione (annoyance, chafe, fret, irritation, nervousness, peeve, soreness), fastidio (ado, annoyance, anxiety, bother, harassment, nuisance, sorrow, trouble, worry), dispetto (annoyance, chagrin, spite). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		煩い (agony, fussy, loud, noisy, worry), �"し涙 (chagrin), �"やし涙 (chagrin). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くやしなみ� (chagrin), わずらい (agony, illness, sickness, worry). (various references)

Manx		sproght (annoyance, annoyance great, extreme anger, hopping mad, livid, tantarum), sneih (crossness, offence, umbrage), snee (crossness, offence, offend). (various references)

Pig Latin		exationvay

Portuguese		vexação, enfado (boredom, nauseate, pet, phew, tedium, tiresomeness, vapidity, weariness), contrariedade (annoyance, chagrin, contrariety, contrariness, inconvenience, misadventure, mishap, obstacle, overturn, pull back, setback), arrelia, aborrecimento (annoyance, bore, boredom, bother, botheration, caliber, calibre, ennui, inconvenience, nuisance, phew, resentment, satiety, tedium, trouble, unpleasantness, weariness). (various references)

Romanian		tulburare (agitation, bewilderment, commotion, confusion, discomfort, disorder, disturbance, excitement, feeling, flap, flurry, fluster, interruption, invasion, perturbation, revolt, trouble, unrest), supãrare (affliction, anger, annoyance, bitterness, burden, care, chafe, cloud, cross, damage, Dander, fury, grief, harm, irritation, mood, moroseness, mumps, pain, peevishness, pet, pettishness, pique, rage, Ruth, sadness, sorrow, spite, spunk, suffering, sulk, trouble), obidã (affliction, grief, humiliation, sorrow), necaz (annoyance, bother, cankerworm, care, cross, difficulty, distress, evil, furnace, gall, grief, grudge, handful, infliction, mess, mischief, need, pain, resentment, Ruth, sorrow, spite, suffering, trouble, upset, worriment), enervare (huff, irritation, rasping), contrarietate (annoyance), ciudã (despite, envy, fury, grudge, pique, rage, rancor, rancour, resentment, spite), agitaţie (ado, agitation, bustle, clutter, commotion, dusty, emotion, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, flurry, flutter, fret, go, haste, inquietude, nervousness, perturbation, restlessness, riotousness, roughness, squirm, stir, trepidation, unrest, working). (various references)

Russian		досада (annoyance, chagrin, disappointment, discontent, exasperation, ire, nuisance, pinprick, pique, rasp). (various references)

Scottish		trioblaid (anxiety, tribulation, trouble), rachd (strength), oil (educate, grief : is oil leam, it is an offence to me, pain, rear), dorran (anger), cr� idhteachd (misery), campar (grief, uneasiness), cachdan, annlamh, aimheal (grief). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uznemirenje (disconcerting, disturbance, feeze, perturbation, trouble, turn over, upset), sekiracija (annoyance, botheration, fretfulness, teen). (various references)

Spanish		vejación (molestation), zaherimiento, atufamiento. (various references)

Swedish		förargelse (aggravation, annoyance, indignation). (various references)

Turkish		sinirlenme (discomposure, flap, getting angry), sıkıntı (adversity, agitation, annoyance, anxiety, bore, boredom, bother, botheration, difficulty, dire straits, discomfort, distress, doldrums, draft, embarrassment, famine, fear, fret, gloom, gloominess, grayness, greyness, groan, hardship, heebie-jeebies, inconvenience, incubus, infliction, load, megrims, mopes, nuisance, oppression, pill, pip, pressure, rigor, rigour, rock, scrape, Strait, straits, stringency, tedium, the megrims, toil, toils, tribulation, trouble, weight, willies), küsme (being angry with, being offended, huff, miff, sulk, sulks), kızma (anger, becoming hot, frown, fury, indignation, inflammation, tiff), gücenme (displeasure, huff, offence, offense, resentment, tiff, umbrage), eziyet (gnawing, grind, grinding work, infliction, maltreatment, oppression, pain, persecution, punishment, torment, torture). (various references)

Ukranian		непри�"мність (contretemps, disagreement, displeasure, mess, nuisance, plague, trouble, ungratefulness), досада (annoyance, chagrin, heartburning, nuisance, pinprick, pique). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự phật ý điều phiền toái, sự l� m phật ý sự bực mình, sự l� m bực mình (offence, offending), điều khó chịu (annoyance, bother, plague). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Ecclesiastes Chapter 4, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Agaqon plhrwma drakoV anapausewV uper plhrwma duo drakwn mocqou kai proairesewV pneumatoV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Melior est pugillus cum requie quam plena utraque manus cum labore et adflictione animi
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Betere is a litil handful with reste, than ful either hond with trauaile and tormenting of inwit.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
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Language	Ecclesiastes Chapter 4, Verse 6
Bulgarian	И <I>казва</I>: По-добре <I>една </I>пълна шепа със спокойствие, Отколкото две пълни шепи с труд и с гонене на вятър.
Cebuano	Labi pang maayo ang usa ka hakop uban ang kalinaw, kay sa duruha ka hakop uban ang kahago ug ang paghakop ug hangin.
Chinese	滿了一把、得享安靜、強如滿了兩把、勞碌捕風。
Croatian	Bolja je puna šaka u miru nego obje pregršti muèna rada i puste tlapnje.
Danish	Bedre en Håndfuld Hvile end Hænderne fulde af Flid og Jag efter Vind.
Dutch	Een hand vol met rust is beter, dan beide de vuisten vol met arbeid en kwelling des geestes.
Finnish	Parempi on pivollinen lepoa kuin kahmalollinen vaivannäköä ja tuulen tavoittelua.
French	Mieux vaut une main pleine avec repos, que les deux mains pleines avec travail et poursuite du vent.
German	Es ist besser eine Handvoll mit Ruhe denn beide Fäuste voll mit Mühe und Haschen nach Wind.
Haitian Creole	Men, pito ou pran ti repo ou tanzantan ak kè poze pase pou ou touye tèt ou ap travay di, lèfini pou sa pa rapòte anyen.
Hungarian	Jobb egy teljes marok nyugalommal, mint mind a két maroknak teljessége nagy munkával és lelki gyötrelemmel.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mungkin itu benar, tetapi lebih baik harta sedikit disertai ketenangan hati daripada bekerja keras menggunakan dua tangan dan mengejar angin.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bahwa kesenangan segenggam itu terutama dari pada kedua belah genggam penuh dengan kesusahan dan sakit hati.
Italian	Meglio una manciata con riposo che due manciate con fatica.
Korean	한 손 에 만 가 �"� 하 � 평 온 함 이 두 손 에 가 �"� 하 � 수 � 하 며 �" 람 을 잡 으 � � �" 것 보 다 나 으 니 라
Maori	He pai ke te ringa ki i runga i te ata noho, i nga ringa ki e rua, ki te mea he ruha, he whai noa i te hau.
Modern Greek	Καλητερον μια δραξ πληρης αναπαυσεως παρα δυο πληρεις μοχθου και θλιψεως πνευματος.
Norwegian	Bedre er en håndfull ro enn begge never fulle av strev og jag efter vind.
Portuguese	Melhor é um punhado com tranqüilidade do que ambas as mãos cheias com trabalho e vão desejo.
Rumanian	Mai bine o mknq plinq de odihnq, deckt amkndoi pumnii plini de trudq wi goanq dupq vknt.
Russian	мХЮЫЕ ЗПТУФШ У � ПЛПЕН, ОЕЦЕМЙ � ТЙЗПТЫОЙ У ФТХ�"ПН Й ФПНМЕОЙЕН �"ХИБ.
Spanish	Mejor es una mano llena de sosiego que ambos puños llenos de duro trabajo y de aflicción de espíritu.
Swedish	Ja, bättre är en handfull ro än båda händerna fulla med möda och med jagande efter vind.
Thai	ความสงบสุขกำมือหนึ่งยัง�"ีกว่าการงานตรากตรำสองกำมือและกินลมกินแล้ง
Ukrainian	краща повна долоня спокою за повні дві жмені клопоту та за ловлення вітру!...
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "vexation": vexations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Vexation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: evation, Exatron, rexation, viation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "vexation" (pronounced 'Vex*a"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation, Acetification, Achromatization, Acidification, Acquisition, Actualization, Actuation, Acuation, Acuition, Acumination, Acupuncturation, Adaptation, Adaption, Addiction, Addition, Adduction, Ademption, Adeption, Adequation, Adfiliation, Adhibition, Adhortation, Adipoceration, Adjection, Adjudication, Adjunction, Adjuration, Adlegation, Adlocution, Admensuration, Administration, Admiration, Admixtion, Admonition, Admortization, Adnation, Adoption, Adoration, Adornation, Adosculation, Adrogation, Adsignification, Adulation, Adulteration, Adumbration, Adunation, Adustion, Advocation, Advolution, Aerification, AEstivation, Affectation, Affection, Affiliation, Affirmation, Afflation, Affliction, Afforestation, Affriction, Aggeneration, Aggeration, Agglomeration, Agglutination, Aggrandization, Aggravation, Aggregation, Agitation, Aglutition, Agnation, Agnition, Agnomination, Agricolation, Alation, Albication, Albification, Alcoholization, Alienation, Alimentation, Alkalization, Allectation, Allegation, Allegorization, Alleviation, Alligation, Alliteration, Allocation, Allocution, Alteration, Altercation, Alutation, Amalgamation, Ambulation, Ambustion, Amelioration, Americanization, Amolition, Amortization, Amotion, Amplexation, Ampliation, Amplification, Amputation, Anaesthetization, Analyzation, Anathematization, Anatomization, Angariation, Anglicization, Angulation, Angustation, Anhelation, Animalization, Animation, Annexation, Annihilation, Annomination, Annotation, Annulation, Annumeration, Annunciation, Anteposition, Antiattrition, Anticipation, Antifriction, Antilibration, Antiquation, Antivaccination, Antivivisection, Antrustion, Apertion, Apocopation, Apostemation, Apparition, Appellation, Appendication, Apperception, Appetition, Application, Apportion, Apposition, Apprecation, Appreciation, Approbation, Appropinquation, Appropriation, Approximation, Aprication, Aration, Arbitration, Arborization, Arctation, Arcuation, Arefaction, Arenation, Areolation, Argentation, Argumentation, Argutation, Arietation, Ariolation, Aromatization, Arrentation, Arreption, Arrestation, Arrogation, Arterialization, Articulation, Ascription, Asexualization, Aspection, Asperation, Asphyxiation, Aspiration, Asportation, Assassination, Assastion, Assecuration, Assecution, Assentation, assertion, Asseveration, Assibilation, Assignation, Assimulation, Association, Assuefaction, Assumption, Astipulation, Astriction, -ation, Atmolyzation, Atomization, Attemperation, Attention, Attenuation, Atterration, Attestation, Attrectation, Attribution, Attrition, Aucupation, Audition, Augmentation, Auguration, Aurigation, Auscultation, Authorization, Autofecundation, Auto-infection, Auto-inoculation, Auto-intoxication, Autosuggestion, Autotoxication, Averruncation, Aversation, Aviation, Avocation, Avolation, Backwardation, Ballotation, Balneation, Balsamation, Bannition, Baptization, Bastion, Beatification, Benediction, Benefaction, Bifurcation, Bilection, Biliation, Bilocation, Bipartition, Bisection, Bituminization, Blandation, Blatteration, Boation, Bolection, Bombilation, Bombination, Botheration, Brutalization, By-election, Cachinnation, Calamistration, Calcification, Calcination, Calcitration, Calculation, Calefaction, Caligation, Callisection, Calorification, Calumniation, Cameration, Canalization, Cancellation, Canceration, Canonization, Cantation, Cantillation, Cantion, Capillation, Capitation, Capitulation, Caprification, Caption, Carbonatation, Carbonization, Carbunculation, Carnation, Carnification, Caseation, Cassation, Castellation, Castigation, Castrametation, Castration, Catechisation, Catenation, Causation, Cauterization, Cavillation, Celebration, Cementation, Cenation, Centesimation, Centralization, Cephalization, Cerebration, Certification, Cessation, Characterization, Chatteration, Chitinization, Chlorination, Chondrification, Chrismation, Christianization, Chylifaction, Chylification, Chymification, Cibation, Cicatrization, Cicuration, Cinefaction, Cineration, Circination, Circuition, Circulation, Circumcursation, Circumdenudation, Circumduction, Circumflection, Circumgestation, Circumgyration, Circumlocution, Circumnavigation, Circumnutation, Circumposition, Circumrotation, Circumscription, Circumspection, Circumvallation, Circumvection, Circumvention, Circumvolation, Circumvolution, Citation, Citrination, Clamation, Clarification, Classification, Claudication, Coacervation, Coaction, Coadaptation, Coadunation, Coadunition, Coagmentation, Coagulation, Coalition, Coaptation, Coarctation, Coarticulation, Coaxation, Coction, Codification, Coeducation, Coemption. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-o-t-v-x"
	-2 letters: native, toxine.
	-3 letters: atone, avion, axion, axite, axone, entia, envoi, naevi, naive, novae, oaten, ovate, ovine, taxon, tenia, tinea, toxin, vitae, vixen, xenia.
	-4 letters: aeon, ante, anti, axon, etna, exit, exon, into, iota, naoi, nave, neat, nevi, next, nite, nixe, nota, note, nova, oven, oxen, tain, taxi, tine, toea, tone, vain, vane, vein, vena, vent, veto, vext, vina, vine, vino, vita, vote.
	-5 letters: ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, ave, avo, axe, eat, eon, eta, ion, nae, net, nit, nix, not, oat, one, ova, tae, tan, tao, tav, tax, tea, ten, tie, tin, toe, ton, van, vat, vet, vex, via, vie, voe, vox.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-o-t-v-x"
	+1 letter: vexations.
	+2 letters: excavation, exuviation, overtaxing.
	+3 letters: excavations, exonerative, exuviations, overanxiety.
	+4 letters: excavational, extraversion, overtaxation.
	+5 letters: extravasation, extraversions, overanxieties, overtaxations, vexatiousness.
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