Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being vexatious.

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  • noun The state of being vexatious.

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Examples

  • Hulley pointed out Nicholson did not need to have proof beyond a reasonable doubt that there was political interference and Zuma needed simply to prove "the mere existence of allegations of a political conspiracy or influence sufficed to negate the existence of vexatiousness".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Like Victoria, Singapore is a free port, and the vexatiousness of a custom-house is unknown.

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

  • They tell a story of a Persian king who had stretched forth the arm of oppression over the subjects 'property, and commenced a system of violence and rapacity to such a degree that the people emigrated to avoid the vexatiousness of his tyranny, and took the road of exile to escape the annoyance of his extortions.

    The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Various

  • Like Victoria, Singapore is a free port, and the vexatiousness of a custom-house is unknown.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

  • There is to an unsympathetic observer an intense vexatiousness in the exhibition of such pertinacity.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • There is to an unsympathetic observer an intense vexatiousness in the exhibition of such pertinacity.

    Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868

  • There is to an unsympathetic observer an intense vexatiousness in the exhibition of such pertinacity.

    Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Despite these two apparent flaws, it somehow manages to exist, due in all likelihood to the pure tenacious vexatiousness of its citizens.

    Comedy Central Insider | Funny, TV and Comedy Blog 2010

  • The vexatiousness of my breakfast wasn't surprising considering the pot that Republicans had forgotten to put back in the coffee machine, soaking the countertop and denying me coffee until I could again put things aright.

    Sadly, No! 2008

  • It seems to me that all of the requests fulfill four of the Information Commissioner’s five criteria for vexatiousness: obsessive, caused distress to staff, designed to cause disruption/annoyance, and lacked any serious purpose or value.

    Who is pulling the strings? | Serendipity 2010

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