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Definition of vexation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vexation

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