Meaning of Vexation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
   uncountable
2. The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
   uncountable
3. The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
   uncountable
4. The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
   uncountable
5. The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.
   uncountable
6. The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
   uncountable
7. A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
   countable
8. The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
   obsolete, uncountable

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Examples

“[…] I mourne in my prayer, and make⟳ a noiſe, / For the voyce of the enemie, & for the vexation of the vvicked, becauſe they haue broght iniquitie vpon me, & furiouſly hate⟳ me.”

“I ſtill had hopes, my long vexations paſt, / Here to return⟳—and die⟳ at home at laſt.”

“And, gentle Puck, take⟳ this transformed ſcalpe, / From the heade of this Athenian ſvvaine [Nick Bottom]; / That hee, avvaking vvhen the other do, / May all to Athens backe againe repaire, / And thinke no more of this nights accidents, / But as the fearce vexation of a dreame.”

“O Rome, in vvhat a ſickneſſe art thou fall'n! / Hovv dangerous, and deadly! vvhen thy head / Is drovvn'd in ſleepe, and all thy body feu'ry! / No noiſe, no pulling, no vexation vvakes thee, […]”

“"Indeed you perplex me intolerably;" cried Cecilia, vvith ſome vexation, "VVhy, Sir, vvill you not be more explicit?"”

“All was safe and prosperous; and as the removal of one solicitude generally makes way for another, Emma, being now certain of her ball, began to adopt⟳ as the next vexation Mr. Knightley's provoking indifference about it.”

“[…] I spoke of the constant vexation I suffered because I could not draw⟳ better.”

“He clenched his fists in vexation and looked up at her impetuously.”

“He gave the doctor a look⟳ of vexation. He was surprised to see⟳ him, and resented the intrusion.”

“Thus I haue conſidered all the thinges that come⟳ to paſſe vnder the Sõne, ⁊ lo, they are all but vanitie ⁊ vexacion of mynde.”

“[M]en lyued ſimplye and innocentlye without inforcement of lawes, without quarellinge Judges and libelles, contente onely to ſatiſfie nature, without further vexation for knowledge of thinges to come⟳.”

“Full of vexation, come⟳ I, vvith complaint / Againſt my childe, my daughter Hermia.”

“So ſome, ſaith Fracaſtorius [Girolamo Fracastoro], in fury, but moſt in despaire, ſorrovv, feare, and out of the anguiſh and vexation of their ſoules, offer⟳ violence to themſelues: for their life is vnhappy and miſerable.”

“And vvhether Poverty or Riches produce⟳ the Vexation, the Impreſſion it makes upon the Heart, is alike from both.”

“Truly, I think⟳ thou hast, and if anything could add⟳ to my grief and vexation at this moment, it is, that when I am so deep in the mire, an ass like⟳ thee should place⟳ his clumsy hoof on my head, to sink⟳ me entirely.”

“[S]hould ſhe thus be ſtolne avvay from you, / It vvould be much vexation to your age.”

“She did harass Helen to give⟳ me up; but, after all, poor woman, I believe⟳ I have⟳ been a great vexation to her, and I cannot help⟳ being sorry for her.”

“'Tis Princely, vvhen a Tyranne doth oppoſe; / And is a fortune ſent to exerciſe / Your vertue, as the vvind doth try⟳ ſtrong trees: / VVho by vexation grovv more ſound, and firme.”

“Name⟳ the vexations, and the Martyrizations / Of Metalls, in the VVorke.”

“Let⟳ No Ground be ſovved that is Planted vvith Vines; for the Earth hath enough to do to Attend⟳ the Services of That Plant⟳, vvithout the Superfluous Vexations of the Plovv over and above.”

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