Dictionary Definition
vexation
Noun
3 something or someone that causes anxiety; a
source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern";
"it's a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Translations
state of being vexed or irritated
- Finnish: ärtymys
French
Noun
vexation fSynonyms, Antonyms 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