vexing

vexing
    adj 1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness
           of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating
           day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless
           tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn:
           {exasperating}, {infuriating}, {maddening}, {vexing}]
    2: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
       on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly
       bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to
       ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome
       paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats";
       "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and
       persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is
       vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: {annoying},
       {bothersome}, {galling}, {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky},
       {pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing},
       {vexatious}, {vexing}]
    

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.
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            White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
                                                  --Pope.
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   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.
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            Ten thousand torments vex my heart.   --Prior.
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   3. To twist; to weave. [R.]
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            Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   Syn: See {Tease}.
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "vexing":
      aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, disturbing,
      exasperating, galling, harassing, harassment, importunate,
      importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering,
      pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey,
      plaguing, provocation, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting,
      troublesome, troubling, vexation, vexatious, wearisome, worrisome,
      worrying