Category:Vexation

Vex*a"tion, n. Etym: [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.

2. The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction. Your children were vexation to your youth. Shak.

3. A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a Malicious suit. Bacon.

Syn. -- chagrin; agitation; mortification; uneasiness; trouble; grief; Sorrow; distress. See chagrin.