Usually means: Annoyance caused by inconvenience, problems.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. vexation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vexation: Merriam-Webster
  3. vexation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vexation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vexation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vexation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Vexation, vexation: Wordnik
  8. vexation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vexation: Wiktionary
  10. vexation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. vexation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. vexation: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. vexation: Dictionary.com
  14. Vexation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Vexation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. vexation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. vexation: Rhymezone
  18. Vexation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. vexation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. vexation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. vexation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. vexation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vexation: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vexation: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See vexations as well.)

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

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