Category:Vexatious

Vex*a"tious, a. Etym: [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. -- vex*a"tious*ly, adv. -- vex*a"tious*ness, n.