vexed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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