vexation

noun8

1. •
   The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

   • "Indeed you perplex me intolerably;" cried Cecilia, vvith some vexation, "VVhy, Sir, vvill you not be more explicit?" — 1782
2. •
   The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.

   • Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sõne, ⁊ lo, they are all but vanitie ⁊ vexacion of mynde. — 1535
3. •
   The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
4. •
   A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.

   • [S]hould she thus be stolne avvay from you, / It vvould be much vexation to your age. — 1593
5. •
   The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

   • […] I mourne in my prayer, and make a noise, / For the voyce of the enemie, & for the vexation of the vvicked, because they haue broght iniquitie vpon me, & furiously hate me. — 1560
6. •
   The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.

   • O Rome, in vvhat a sicknesse art thou fall'n! / Hovv dangerous, and deadly! vvhen thy head / Is drovvn'd in sleepe, and all thy body feu'ry! / No noise, no pulling, no vexation vvakes thee, […] — 1611
7. •
   The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
8. •
   (no longer used) The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

   • 'Tis Princely, vvhen a Tyranne doth oppose; / And is a fortune sent to exercise / Your vertue, as the vvind doth try strong trees: / VVho by vexation grovv more sound, and firme. — 1603