vexation, vexacion

[French vexation, from Lat. vexationem, acc us. of vexatio =a vexing, from vexatus, pa. par. of vexo = to vex (q. v.); Sp. vexacion ; Port. vexacão ; Ital. ve azione .] 1. The act of vexing, annoying, grieving, troubling, distre ing, or displeasing. 2. The state of being vexed, annoyed, irritated, grieved, or distre ed; annoyance; irritation, grief, worry, fretting. "Sorrow may degenerate into vexation and chagrin."Cogan: On the Pa ions, pt. i., ch. ii., § 3. 3. That which causes irritation, annoyance, distre , sorrow, grief, or worry; an annoyance, an affliction. "Your children were vexation to your youth." Shakesp.: Richard III., iv. 4. †4. A hara ing by proce of law; a troubling, annoying, or vexing, as by a malicious or frivolous suit. on particular pa ions. Vexation arises principally from the cro ing our wishes and views; mort i fication from the hurting our pride and self-importance; chagrin from a mixture of the two; disappointments are always attended with more or le vexation, according to the circumstances which give pain and trouble; an exposure of our poverty may be more or le of a mortification , according to the value which we set on wealth and grandeur; a refusal of our request will produce more or le of chagrin as it is accompanied with circumstances more or le mortifying to our pride.