Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at vexation.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Vexation.

Examples

  • To be withheld upon any account, must be a vexation; but to be withheld by a vexation — must certainly be, what philosophy justly calls Vexation upon Vexation.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • To be withheld upon any account, must be a vexation; but to be withheld by a vexation — must certainly be, what philosophy justly calls Vexation upon Vexation.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Vexation awakening a pearl in the flesh of an oyster.

    My House In The Middle Of The Ocean John Olson 2011

  • “I wish for Nothing so much as to be relieved from this cursed Scene of Drudgery and Vexation,” he told the delegates.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “I wish for Nothing so much as to be relieved from this cursed Scene of Drudgery and Vexation,” he told the delegates.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • Being thus stung to the Quick, he left her House in great Vexation of Spirit:

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • ~ European Vexation -- Arctic science is vital to our understanding of climate change, and European scientists have begun to invest in it in a big way.

    Speedlinking 12/26/07 William Harryman 2007

  • Vexation with Tyeglev and with myself succeeded the amazement with which I was overcome at first.

    Knock, knock, knock 2006

  • Vexation spiked in Annouras scent, though her ageless Aes Sedai face, framed by dozens of thin braids, remained as smooth as ever.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • Vexation is the attitude of the individual as intelligence towards the check imposed upon a strong manifestation of the individual as will.

    The Art of Controversy 2004

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.