vexatious

vexatious
    adj 1: 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}]
    

Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]
   1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a
      vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. "Continual
      vexatious wars." --South.
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   2. Full of vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
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            He leads a vexatious life.            --Sir K.
                                                  Digby.
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   {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of
      giving trouble, or without cause.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. --
      {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "vexatious":
      aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, bothering,
      bothersome, burdensome, crushing, disturbing, exasperating,
      galling, grueling, harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune,
      irking, irksome, irritating, mean, onerous, oppressive, painful,
      pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
      plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting,
      troublesome, troubling, troublous, trying, ugly, vexing, wearisome,
      wicked, worrisome, worrying