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Vexatiousness

Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See Vexation.]

  1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. ``Continual vexatious wars.''
    --South.

  2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.

    He leads a vexatious life.
    --Sir K. Digby.

    Vexatious suit (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. [1913 Webster] -- Vex*a"tious*ly, adv. -- Vex*a"tious*ness, n.

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vexatiousness

n. The state of being vexatious.

Usage examples of "vexatiousness".

When I look back to those lonely years, from the perplexities and vexatiousness of the present, it seems to me it was a beautiful and heroic time.