"vexatious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-vexatious.ogg , en-au-vexatious.ogg [Australia] Forms: more vexatious [comparative], most vexatious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: a 1650 vexation + -ous Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vexation|ous}} vexation + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} vexatious (comparative more vexatious, superlative most vexatious)
  1. Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome. Translations (causing vexation): ἀργαλέος (argaléos) (Ancient Greek), дразнещ (draznešt) (Bulgarian), vexatori (Catalan), vexatoir (Dutch), ärsyttävä (Finnish), harmillinen (Finnish), ενοχλητικός (enochlitikós) [masculine] (Greek), εξοργιστικός (exorgistikós) [masculine] (Greek), whakatakariri (Maori), inonoti (Maori), hevysum (Middle English), раздража́ющий (razdražájuščij) (Russian), draghail (Scottish Gaelic), vejatorio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vexatious-en-adj-QX7XGCrm Disambiguation of 'causing vexation': 55 25 16 5
  2. (archaic) Full of trouble or disquiet Tags: archaic Synonyms: harassed, distressed, annoyed, vexed Translations (full of trouble or disquiet): притеснителен (pritesnitelen) (Bulgarian), vexatori (Catalan), ergerlijk (Dutch), vaikea (Finnish), ενοχλητικός (enochlitikós) [masculine] (Greek), беспоко́йный (bespokójnyj) (Russian), vejatorio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vexatious-en-adj-r8ocrmkW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 48 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 20 43 18 19 Disambiguation of 'full of trouble or disquiet': 6 81 10 3
  3. (law, of an action) Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-vexatious-en-adj-ND6PNY98 Topics: law
  4. (law, of a party or entity) In the habit of starting vexatious litigation and therefore liable to have restraints placed on one's ability to access the courts. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-vexatious-en-adj-NIQ6cmZJ Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vexatiously, vexatiousness Related terms: vex, vexation

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