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Vexed

adjective

1.

Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. Synonyms: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered. "A harried expression" , "Her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions" , "The vexed parents of an unruly teenager"

2.

Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed. "We live in vexed and troubled times"

Vex

verb

(past & past part. vexed; pres. part. vexing)

1.

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile. "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

2.

Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. Synonym: worry.

3.

Change the arrangement or position of. Synonyms: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up.

4.

Subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation.

5.

Be a mystery or bewildering to. Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy. "Got me--I don't know the answer!" , "A vexing problem" , "This question really stuck me"

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... thick rolled parcel, and a letter for her grandfather; the parcel, he told her, was a present from Herr Sesemann, and she must put it at the bottom of her basket under the rolls and be very careful not to lose it, as Herr Sesemann would be very vexed if she did, and never be the same to her again; so little miss was to think ...

— Heidi • Johanna Spyri

... men because of these enormities might not travel for thieves and brigands and such like: all other weak and decrepit persons who was unable to defend themselves, or yet to get food and sustentation to themselves, were most cruelly vexed in such troublous times. For when any passed to seek redress at the Chancellor of such injuries and troubles sustained by them, the thieves and brigands, feigning themselves to be of another faction, would ...

— Royal Edinburgh - Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets • Margaret Oliphant

... very much vexed with Horace, and firmly resolved that he would never again take charge of a lady travelling with children. At one time he flew into a passion, and boxed the boy's ears. Horace felt very much like a wounded wasp. He knew Mr. Lazelle would not have dared strike him before his ...

— Captain Horace • Sophie May

... "Your talk did me good." On my way home, as I drove along in my sleigh, the thought flashed into my mind, "If ten minutes' talk to-day helped a few souls, why not preach all the time?" That one thought decided the vexed question on the spot. Our lives turn on small pivots, and if we let God lead us, the path will open before our footsteps. I reached home that day, and informed my good mother of my decision. She had always expected it and quietly remarked, "Then, I have already ...

— Recollections of a Long Life - An Autobiography • Theodore Ledyard Cuyler

... concern he let his Pencil drop and spoiled the Picture; he made a second Essay, but with no better Success, for rising in great Disorder, he swore it impossible to draw that which he cou'd not look upon; the Lady vexed at the Weakness of the Painter, took up his Pencils and the Picture, and sitting down to her Glass, finished it herself; she had improv'd her silent Conversation with her Sister so far, that she was ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume V • Aphra Behn

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