vexation
annoyance or troubled agitation
Root
- vex: shake, disturb, trouble, or annoy
Other words with the vex root
- vex: to annoy or disturb
Vexation is vex turned into a state: disturbance that has become irritation.
Her vexation grew when the answer key contradicted the explanation.
Vexation is not mild dislike. It has agitation in it, as if the mind has been shaken and cannot settle.