Vexation

Noun

 * 1) The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
 * 2) The state of being vexed or irritated.

Adjectives for Vexation
silent; resentful; mutual; Insupportable; horrid; extreme; evident; puzzled; fierce;tearful; violent; mental; bitter; trying.

Verbs for Vexation
allay—; arouse—; bear—; conceal—; conciliate—; disclose—; display—; evince—; exhibit—; feign—; foment—; fret in—; incite—; induce—; occasion—; overcome—; palliate—; provoke—; restrain—; writhe in—; —cankers; —irks; —gnaws at; —riles (colloq.) ; —ruffles; —sours.

Thesaurus
abomination, affliction, aggravation, agitation, all-overs, angst, annoyance, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, atrocity, bad, bad news, bane, bedevilment, befoulment, blight, bore, bother, botheration, bothering, bothersomeness, bugbear, burden, calamity, cankerworm of care, care, concern, concernment, corruption, crashing bore, crushing burden, crying evil, curse, damage, death, defilement, despoliation, destruction, detriment, devilment, difficulty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, disease, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, dogging, downer, drag, dread, evil, exasperation, fear, foreboding, forebodingness, grievance, harassment, harm, harrying, havoc, headache, hounding, hurt, ill, infection, infliction, injury, inquietude, irking, irritation, malaise, mischief, misgiving, molestation, nemesis, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nuisance, open wound, outrage, overanxiety, persecution, perturbation, pest, pestilence, pins and needles, plague, poison, pollution, problem, provocation, provoking, pucker, resentfulness, resentment, running sore, scourge, solicitude, stew, strain, suspense, tension, the worst, thorn, torment, toxin, trial, trouble, uneasiness, unquietness, upset, venom, vexatiousness, vexing, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wrong, zeal

Etymology
From vex + -ation

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ärtyminen, ärsyttäminen


 * German:
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ärtymys


 * Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneas


 * Swedish: irritera (this is a verb)

Related terms

 * vex
 * vexed
 * vexing
 * vexatious

Noun

 * 1) insult

Related terms

 * vexant
 * vexatoire
 * vexer