VEXINGLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

vexingly

adverb

Definition of vexingly

as in annoyingly

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Recent Examples of vexingly Alongside the investigation into Anders’s kidnapping and death, Elsbeth is managing another aspect of her social life and her complicated feelings about a character who’s gone but vexingly unforgettable. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 But his spasms, vexingly, grew more frequent and severe. — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 During that time, forever chemicals gained a new scientific name — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, an acronym that is vexingly similar to the specific fluorochemical PFOS. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024

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Adverb

Pivots into a black-and-white Brazilian telenovela, which Camilo tunes into nightly while on baby duty, feed into the film’s nesting-doll narrative on paper, but in practice make for annoyingly gratuitous flourishes.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Though The Visitors has been praised widely, it’s been hosanna’d in too annoyingly presentist terms.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of annoyingly

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Such politicians viewed literature as subversive, irritatingly highbrow, and—like socialism—suspiciously European.

— Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of irritatingly

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The movie’s strongest sequences provide the all-too-rare sensation of truly not being able to believe your eyes, as the film’s most fantastical elements feel distressingly real.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of distressingly

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High-level players will basically always be in a drift—even during straightaways—to seize every opportunity to boost, just like people who were disgustingly good at Mario Kart DS back in the day.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Apr. 2026
The next morning, Park awakes hung over before disgustingly scoffing down a handful of salmon off a caterer's serving tray.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of disgustingly

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With Bryce Young as their starting quarterback the past three seasons, the Panthers have been disturbingly consistent in their Week 1 deficiencies, losing 26-10, 47-10 and 24-10.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
As Cuba’s hot summer nears its end with no sign of regime change on the communist-run island, Cubans continue to suffer miserable living conditions as the country’s humanitarian crisis gets disturbingly worse.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of disturbingly

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United were alarmingly impotent in a way which, even now, is strange to see and damaging for a head coach’s reputation.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In the span of less than a week this July, surgeons at a Southern California hospital raced to save the lives of two women suffering from alarmingly similar brain hemorrhages.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

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