vexation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

   “[…] 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.”

2. isim The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.

   “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.”

3. isim The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
4. isim The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

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

5. isim The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.

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

6. isim The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
7. isim A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.

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

8. isim The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

   “'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.”