Vexation
Vexation , noun
[Latin vexatio: compare French 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.
Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of vexation.
2.
The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
Your children were vexation to your youth.
3.
A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. — Bacon