vexation
pronunciation
How to pronounce vexation in British English:
UK [vekˈseɪʃn]
How to pronounce vexation in American English:
US [vɛkˈseʃən]
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- Noun:
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
Word Origin
- vexation (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French vexacion "abuse, harassment; insult, affront," or directly from Latin vexationem (nominative vexatio) "annoyance, harassing; distress, trouble," noun of action from past participle stem of vexare "to harass, trouble" (see vex).
Example
- 1. The happy simple girl can let you forget vexation .
- 2. To her great disappointment and vexation she failed in english examination again .
- 3. Since the dpj came to power promising to dismantle the " iron triangle " of government , business and bureaucrats that helped keep the ldp in power for so long , businessmen and bureaucrats have behaved with increasingly shrill vexation at the way they have been treated , and at threats to decrease their influence .
- 4. Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation .
- 5. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit .