[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vexation \vexa"tion\, n. l. vexatio: cf. f. vexation.
   1. the act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation;
      disquiet; trouble; irritation.
      1913 webster

            passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but
            vexation and pain.                    --sir w.
                                                  temple.
      1913 webster

            those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for
            any trace of vexation.                --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. the cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
      1913 webster

            your children were vexation to your youth. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as
      by a malicious suit. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   syn: chagrin; agitation; mortification; uneasiness; trouble;
        grief; sorrow; distress. see chagrin.
        1913 webster
see also:
chagrin 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vexation
     n 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
see also:
annoyance chafe irritation botheration concern worry 
headache annoying 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

vexation. the injury or damage which, is suffered in consequence of the 
tricks of another. 

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