Synonyms of vexed

vexed 1 of 2

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

vexed

2 of 2

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• assured
• informed
• reassured
• enlightened