Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom.
Dryden.
Syn. — See Tease.
Vex, v. i. To be irritated; to fret. [R.] Chapman.
Vex*a"tion (?), n. [L. vexatio: cf. F. vexation.] 1. The act of vexing,
or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
Passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but vexation and pain.
Sir W. Temple.
Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of
vexation.
Macaulay.