Definition of vexing
: causing or likely to cause vexation : vexatious
- a vexing problem
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Examples of vexing in a Sentence
the constantly changing schedule was somewhat vexing, but I coped
Recent Examples of vexing from the Web
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San Antonio has spent decades grappling with a vexing question: How to balance the rights of property owners who want to develop land, and residents who want to protect the city’s beauty and natural resources.
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Experts and lawmakers say vexing agency problems persist, from delays at the state’s child abuse hotline to unreliable, untimely data and insufficient services and appropriate placements for DCFS youths.
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Investors in two of the hottest commodities in recent years face a vexing problem: Reliable prices for lithium and cobalt are every bit as rare as large deposits of the valuable ores.
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This is a vexing problem that both Presidents Bush and President Obama faced as well.
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Yet, according to cinema owner Moctesuma Esparza, the film industry suffers from a persistent, vexing problem: a lack of movie screens in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
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Auto These cars introduced new forms of beauty---many of them clever solutions to vexing technological problems---that lived on for years and even decades.
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One vexing barrier: broadband availability in rural areas.
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Legislative study committees often conduct in-depth research on vexing public policy problems.
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First Known Use of vexing
1569
vexing Synonyms
Synonyms
abrasive, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, rankling, riling, vexatious;
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Related Words
burdensome, discomforting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, importunate, importune, inconveniencing;
angering, enraging, infuriating;
brattish, bratty, mischievous, offensive, troublesome, upsetting;
distractive, painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, worrisome;
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