Vexation /(?)/

Vex·a·tion

Vexation

n.
  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.