vexation
noun/vekˈseɪʃn/
/vekˈseɪʃn/
(old-fashioned or formal)- [uncountable] the state of feeling upset or annoyed
- She sat down and cried in vexation.
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- [countable] a thing that upsets or annoys you
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vexatio(n-), from vexare ‘shake, disturb’.
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