VEXATIOUS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

vexatious

adjective

vek-ˈsā-shəs

Definition of vexatious

as in annoying

causing annoyance those vexatious phone calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour

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Recent Examples of vexatious The federal vexatious litigator statute allows the court to impose sanctions on a case by case basis for vexatious conduct. — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2026 Decades later, he was declared a vexatious litigant by the High Court, Federal Court and Queensland Supreme Court, a label that barred him from filing any more claims. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 Both were armed with their own social media companies, spewing ad hominem attacks, with vexatious claims playing out in public. — Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025 Its reflexive lawsuit is frivolous and vexatious without merit. — Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for vexatious

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Adjective

In Atrahasis, noisy humans become annoying to the gods, so the gods drown them.

— Eric Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
There's a lot to love about this Lego Icons Project Hail Mary set, including the lack of annoying stickers.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of annoying

Adjective

That tiny gesture may explain why secret copying can feel especially irritating.

— Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026
Despite its splashy unveiling, Project Zenith is more about making the OS less irritating for developers than adding any groundbreaking capabilities.

— Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of irritating

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Even when the metaphor is painfully on the nose, the film’s most disturbing images are more than their dramatic limitations and a whale is still an astonishing place to spend a movie.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
When her aunt Helena and paralyzed grandmother Regina arrive, the fragile boundaries between everyday life, ancestral superstition and Trina’s increasingly disturbing nightmares begin to collapse.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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