Synonyms of vexed

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adjective

as in annoyed

subjected to and reacting with irritation

my dog was clearly vexed with me for having been gone all week, and hardly greeted me when I came home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• irritated
• exasperated
• bothered
• upset
• angry
• displeased
• aggravated
• infuriated
• irked
• frustrated
• peeved
• irritable
• troubled
• angered
• disturbed
• galled
• outraged
• mad
• indignant
• scunnered
• narked
• put out
• perturbed
• distressed
• sore
• irate
• riled
• rankled
• peevish
• bedeviled
• fretful
• teed off
• resentful
• tormented
• inflamed
• plagued
• piqued
• roiled
• irascible
• ireful
• tortured
• provoked
• cantankerous
• harassed
• snappish
• grumpy
• testy
• petulant
• churlish
• huffy
• harried
• steaming
• inconvenienced
• dyspeptic
• badgered
• touchy
• grouchy
• persecuted
• pestered
• enflamed
• bilious
• disapproving
• hassled
• shirty
• tested
• cross
• tried
• snuffy
• ill-humored
• crabby
• choleric
• bristly
• haggled
• cranky
• fussy
• pinpricked
• bearish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• satisfied
• happy
• delighted
• content
• calm
• serene
• placid
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

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• pleased
• satisfied
• happy
• delighted
• content
• calm
• serene
• placid
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

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vexed

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verb

variants also vext

past tense of vex

1

as in bothered

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

my coworkers' loud, endless conversations vexed me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• bothered
• irritated
• exasperated
• irked
• aggravated
• infuriated
• plagued
• provoked
• peeved
• nettled
• teased
• worried
• bugged
• riled
• got
• angered
• unsettled
• chafed
• persecuted
• galled
• griped
• roused
• got to
• piqued
• ruffled
• itched
• ate
• narked
• spited
• harassed
• rasped
• grated
• offended
• put out
• frosted
• wore on
• enraged
• maddened
• nagged
• rubbed the wrong way
• burnt (up)
• outraged
• upset
• disquieted
• insulted
• burned (up)
• hassled
• got on one's nerves
• stuck in one's craw
• harried
• incensed
• badgered
• agitated
• perturbed
• heckled
• inflamed
• got one's goat
• discomforted
• pestered
• hacked (off)
• miffed
• distressed
• affronted
• rankled
• set one's teeth on edge
• discomposed
• antagonized
• roiled
• fretted
• undid
• unhinged
• enflamed
• baited
• exercised
• deviled
• bullyragged
• ballyragged
• hagrode
• devilled
• freaked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mollified
• obliged
• delighted
• gratified
• appeased
• satisfied
• pleased
• pacified
• placated
• gladdened
• reassured
• conciliated
• soothed
• assured
• comforted
• quieted
• contented
• propitiated
• cheered
• consoled
• solaced

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• mollified
• obliged
• delighted
• gratified
• appeased
• satisfied
• pleased
• pacified
• placated
• gladdened
• reassured
• conciliated
• soothed
• assured
• comforted
• quieted
• contented
• propitiated
• cheered
• consoled
• solaced

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2

as in confused

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

a mystery novel that is sure to vex even the canniest readers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• puzzled
• perplexed
• bewildered
• embarrassed
• baffled
• confounded
• befuddled
• upset
• flummoxed
• mystified
• got
• stumped
• bemused
• rattled
• discombobulated
• muddled
• bothered
• mazed
• bamboozled
• disoriented
• fuddled
• posed
• muddied
• befogged
• foxed
• addled
• buffaloed
• beat
• discomfited
• dismayed
• graveled
• disconcerted
• disquieted
• nonplussed
• unsettled
• mortified
• perturbed
• flustered
• blew one's mind
• abashed
• stuck
• disturbed
• agitated
• discomforted
• distressed
• gravelled
• stunned
• chagrined
• discomposed
• fazed
• went to one's head
• discountenanced
• misled
• nonplused
• deceived
• fooled
• beguiled
• unhinged
• weirded out
• misguided
• deluded
• humbugged
• duped
• cozened
• tricked
• strung along
• gulled
• hoodwinked
• snowed
• took in
• hoaxed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• assured
• reassured
• informed
• enlightened

• satisfied
• assured
• reassured
• informed
• enlightened