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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vexation \Vex*a"tion\, noun [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vexation
noun
1: anger produced by some annoying irritation [syn: {annoyance}, {chafe}]
2: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: {irritation}, {annoyance}, {botheration}]
3: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: {concern}, {worry}, {headache}]
4: the act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: {annoyance}, {annoying}, {irritation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "vexation": abomination, affliction, aggravation, agitation, all-overs, angst, annoyance, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, atrocity, bad, bad news, bane, bedevilment, befoulment, blight, bore, bother, botheration, bothering, bothersomeness, bugbear, burden, calamity, cankerworm of care, care, concern, concernment, corruption, crashing bore, crushing burden, crying evil, curse, damage, death, defilement, despoliation, destruction, detriment, devilment, difficulty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, disease, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, dogging, downer, drag, dread, evil, exasperation, fear, foreboding, forebodingness, grievance, harassment, harm, harrying, havoc, headache, hounding, hurt, ill, infection, infliction, injury, inquietude, irking, irritation, malaise, mischief, misgiving, molestation, nemesis, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nuisance, open wound, outrage, overanxiety, persecution, perturbation, pest, pestilence, pins and needles, plague, poison, pollution, problem, provocation, provoking, pucker, resentfulness, resentment, running sore, scourge, solicitude, stew, strain, suspense, tension, the worst, thorn, torment, toxin, trial, trouble, uneasiness, unquietness, upset, venom, vexatiousness, vexing, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wrong, zeal
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