Synonyms for vexation
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Noun
1. Annoyance — A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an…
annoyance, trouble, anger, affliction, irritation, distress, sorrow, chagrin, worry, mortification, uneasiness, disquiet, nuisance, embarrassment, pain, grief, displeasure, mischief, resentment, anxiety, woe, apprehension
Definitions
- n. 1
A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
Related words
- Word family
- vexatious vexatiously vexatiousness vex vexed vexer vexing
Forms
- Plural
- vexations → annoyances, troubles, angers, afflictions…
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Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- irritation The vet examined the cat for a wound or irritation.
- annoyance To our great annoyance, he barged in on our party.
- affliction That which is a feast to one is an affliction to another.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vexation | rising | |
| anger | rising | |
| irritation | rising | |
| annoyance | rising | |
| affliction | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- woe1
- 4 letters
- pain1
- 5 letters
- worry2, anger2, grief1
- 6 letters
- sorrow2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, anxiety4, chagrin2
- 8 letters
- distress2, nuisance2, mischief2, disquiet3
- 9 letters
- annoyance3
- 10 letters
- resentment3, irritation4, affliction3, uneasiness4
- 11 letters
- displeasure3
- 12 letters
- apprehension4
- 13 letters
- embarrassment4, mortification4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contrariété
- Italiano
- contrarietà
- Español
- contrariedad