vexation

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English vexacioun, vexation (“physical suffering; act of inflicting trouble (specifically through unjustified legal action); anxiety, mental distress; mental disturbance”), from Anglo-Norman vexacion, vexation, Middle French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment (specifically through unjustified legal action)”), and Old French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment”) (modern French vexation), and from their etymon Latin vexātiō (“shaking or similar violent movement; (causing of) agitation, distress, suffering; harassment, persecution; trouble”), from vexātus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Vexātus is the perfect passive participle of vexō (“to shake or jolt violently; to annoy, harass; to persecute; to trouble violently”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. By surface analysis, vex +‎ -ation (suffix denoting an action or process or its result, or a quality or state). Doublet of quake. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛkˈseɪʃn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /vɛkˈseɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: vex‧at‧ion === Noun === vexation (countable and uncountable, plural vexations) (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this. (uncountable) The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder. (law, uncountable) The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this. (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this. (uncountable) The state of being mentally distressed or troubled. (uncountable) The state of being physically annoyed or irritated. (countable) A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:woe (obsolete, uncountable) The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this. ==== Derived terms ==== vexatious vexatiously vexatiousness unvexatious ==== Related terms ==== vex vexed (adjective) vexer vexing (adjective, noun) unvexed ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === vanoxite == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛk.sa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === vexation f (plural vexations) insult humiliation harassment ==== Related terms ==== vexant vexatoire vexer === Further reading === “vexation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === vexation alternative form of vexacioun