Synonyms of vexatious

vexatious

adjective

vek-ˈsā-shəs 

as in annoying

causing annoyance

those vexatious phone calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoying
• frustrating
• irritating
• disturbing
• aggravating
• irksome
• exasperating
• maddening
• vexing
• bothersome
• pestiferous
• painful
• pestilential
• abrasive
• pesky
• nettlesome
• distractive
• pestilent
• nettling
• galling
• rebarbative
• pesty
• importunate
• plaguey
• carking
• rankling
• troublesome
• burdensome
• peeving
• stressful
• mischievous
• chafing
• troubling
• infuriating
• riling
• tiresome
• displeasing
• distressing
• disquieting
• biting
• offensive
• upsetting
• discomforting
• enraging
• importune
• inconveniencing
• worrisome
• thorny
• angering
• trying
• brattish
• bratty
• spiny
• grating
• jarring
• jangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delightful
• pleasing

Example Sentences

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