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vexed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective vexed has 2 senses
- vexed(s = adj.all) annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered - troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
- vexed(s = adj.all) Array - causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"
CIDE DICTIONARY
vexed, a.
- Annoyed; harassed; troubled. [1913 Webster]
- Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vexed, adj.
1 irritated, angered.
2 (of a problem, issue, etc.) difficult and much discussed; problematic.
1 irritated, angered.
2 (of a problem, issue, etc.) difficult and much discussed; problematic.
Derivative
vexedly adv.
THESAURUS
vexed
aggravated, angry, annoyed, anxious, beset, bothered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, chafed, distressed, disturbed, dogged, embarrassed, exasperated, fretted, galled, griped, harassed, harried, haunted, hounded, huffy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, persecuted, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put-out, puzzled, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, sore beset, tormented, troubled, worried, worried sick, worried stiff
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