Meaning

noun anger produced by some annoying irritation

noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

originFrom 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,…

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