frettationn.
/frɛˈteɪʃən/ rare.
Annoyance; discomposure.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun]
annoy?c1225
noyancec1400
vexation?a1425
crabbingc1450
annoyance1502
grudging1530
vexation of spirit1535
fret1556
fashery1558
spitea1586
gall1591
molestation1598
annoyment1607
incommodation1664
vexednessa1670
tracasserie1715
incommodement1733
frettation1779
vex1815
balls-ache1938
sterks1941
1779 F. Burney Let. Jan. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 213 She heard of my infinite frettation upon occasion of being Pamphleted.
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