- causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- (of legal actions) instituted without sufficient grounds and serving only to cause annoyance to the defendant.
- full of unease or turmoil; troubled.
- vexing or tending to vex
- vexed
- (of a legal action or proceeding) instituted without sufficient grounds, esp so as to cause annoyance or embarrassment to the defendant