Vexed
8 definitions retrieved  Vex \Vex\ (v[e^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vexed (v[e^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. Vexing.] [F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry. See Vehicle.] 1. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. [1913 Webster] White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. "I will not vex your souls." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Ten thousand torments vex my heart. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 3. To twist; to weave. [R.] [1913 Webster] Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Tease. [1913 Webster] Vexed \Vexed\, a. 1. Annoyed; harassed; troubled. [1913 Webster] 2. Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question. [1913 Webster]  vexed adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed] 2: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"  vexed [vekst] geärgert; ärgerte  vexed bosszankodó ideges kérdéses mérgelôdô vitatott vitás  vexed geärgert; verärgert; beunruhigt vexed ärgerte  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "vexed": aggravated, angry, annoyed, anxious, beset, bothered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, chafed, distressed, disturbed, dogged, embarrassed, exasperated, fretted, galled, griped, harassed, harried, haunted, hounded, huffy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, persecuted, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put-out, puzzled, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, sore beset, tormented, troubled, worried, worried sick, worried stiff Vexed related |
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