vexation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
vexation
n.
state of being vexed; someone or something that vexes; act of vexing
vexation
Noun
1. anger produced by some annoying irritation
(synonym) annoyance, chafe
(hypernym) anger, choler, ire
(hyponym) pique, temper, irritation
2. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
(synonym) irritation, annoyance, botheration
(hypernym) psychological state, mental state
(hyponym) bummer
(derivation) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
3. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
(synonym) concern, worry, headache
(hypernym) negative stimulus
(hyponym) bugaboo
(derivation) worry, vex
4. the act of troubling or annoying someone
(synonym) annoyance, annoying, irritation
(hypernym) mistreatment
(hyponym) exasperation
(derivation) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
vexation
nf.
vexation, teasing; attaint, irritation, soreness
Vexation
(n.)
The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
(n.)
The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
(n.)
A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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vexation
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.