And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit; for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.
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Vexation
//vɛkˈseɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "vexation" (179 found)
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Strong matches (54)
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Noun(17 words)
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5 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
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5 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγανάκτησις noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- ἀχθηδών noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дразнене noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- неприятност noun (source of mental distress or trouble — see also affliction, woe)
- раздразнение noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Catalan
1 entries- vexació noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Czech
2 entries- otrava noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- otravování noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Dutch
1 entries- ergernis noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Finnish
4 entries- ahdistus noun (state of being mentally distressed or troubled)
- haitanteko noun (action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; an instance of this)
- harmitus noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- keljutus noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
French
3 entries- contrariété noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- tracas noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- tracasserie noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Galician
2 entries- vexación noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- vexación noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Georgian
2 entries- გაღიზიანება noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- გაღიზიანება noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
German
4 entries- Belästigung noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- Beunruhigung noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- Beunruhigung noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- Irritation noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Irish
1 entries- crá croí noun (source of mental distress or trouble — see also affliction, woe)
Italian
1 entries- vessazione noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Latin
2 entries- vexātiō noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- vexātiō noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Macedonian
4 entries- дразнење noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- надразнетост noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- надразнетост noun (state of being mentally distressed or troubled)
- непријатност noun (source of mental distress or trouble — see also affliction, woe)
Māori
1 entries- whanowhanoā noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Portuguese
2 entries- vexação noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- vexação noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Romanian
2 entries- vexare noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- vexațiune noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
Russian
1 entries- раздражение noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- mì-shuaimhneas noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- sàrachadh noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- sàrachadh noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Spanish
2 entries- vejación noun (action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; an instance of this)
- vejación noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Swedish
2 entries- förargelse noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
- förtret noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Tocharian B
1 entries- krāso noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- роздратува́ння noun (state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; an instance of this — see also annoyance, irritation)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Tom's vexation was evident.
Source: tatoeba (11078871)
Free yourself of sadness, vexation, and fear!
Source: tatoeba (12300552)
[…] 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.
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