Vex-ā'tion, n.

noun

n. [Fr. vexation, Pg. vexação, Sp. vexacion, vejacion, It. vessazione, Pr. & Lat. vexatio. See supra.] 1. The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; irritation; trouble; disquiet; agitation; affliction. Passions too violent ... afford us 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 law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. Bacon. Syn. — Chagrin; agitation; mortification; uneasiness; trouble; grief; sorrow; distress. See CHAGRIN.