vexed

vexed

adjective \ˈvekst\

Definition of VEXED

: debated or discussed at length <a vexed question>

Examples of VEXED

1. She was feeling somewhat vexed.
2. <my dog was clearly vexed with me for having been gone all week, and hardly greeted me when I came home>

First Known Use of VEXED

1657

Related to VEXED

Synonyms

aggravated, bothered, exasperated, galled, irked, irritated, narked [British], peeved, put out, scunnered [chiefly Scottish], teed off, annoyed

Related Words

displeased, distressed, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, upset; angered, angry, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, outraged, rankled, riled, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steaming; bristly, cross, disapproving, huffy, piqued, resentful; bearish, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, fretful, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, snappish, snuffy, testy, touchy; badgered, bedeviled, frustrated, haggled, harassed, harried, hassled, inconvenienced, persecuted, pestered, pinpricked, plagued, provoked, tested, tormented, tortured, tried

Near Antonyms

delighted, pleased; content, happy, satisfied; calm, pacific, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil

Rhymes with VEXED

next, sexed, sext, text