Vexatious

Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.

Tom's vexatious behavior led to him being banned from the bar.

The lawsuit was dismissed as vexatious and meritless.

Although this letter is vexatious, I must not forget that my little entertainment has brought me a visiter in the Marquess of Wentworthdale, on an errand of no small moment, as the Countess of Rotheles may soon learn, to her surprise, for I shall, probably, see him at the Opera to-night.

He leads a vexatious life.

a vexatious lawsuit

a vexatious litigant