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Synonyms & Antonyms of vexatious
causing annoyance
- those vexatious phone calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour
Synonyms for vexatious
- abrasive,
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- bothersome,
- carking,
- chafing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- frustrating,
- galling,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- maddening,
- nettlesome,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pesky,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- pesty,
- plaguey
- (also plaguy),
- rankling,
- rebarbative,
- riling,
- vexing
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The first known use of vexatious was in 1534
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