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Detailed Synonyms for vexed in English

vexed:

vexed adj

  1. vexed
  2. vexed
  3. vexed
    – causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed 1
    vexed
    – causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed 1
    • vexed adj
      • the vexed issue of priorities1
      • we live in vexed and troubled times1
  4. vexed
    – troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances 1
    annoyed; vexed; harassed; pestered; harried
    – troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances 1
    • annoyed adj
    • vexed adj
      • the vexed parents of an unruly teenager1
    • harassed adj
      • harassed working mothers1
    • pestered adj
      • her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions1
    • harried adj
      • a harried expression1

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Related Definitions for "vexed":

  1. causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed1
    • the vexed issue of priorities1
    • we live in vexed and troubled times1
  2. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances1
    • the vexed parents of an unruly teenager1

vex:

to vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)

  1. to vex
    to annoy; to irritate; cause irritation; to chafe; to vex; to give offence; to anger
    • annoy verb (annoies, annoyed, annoying)
    • irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)
    • chafe verb (chafes, chafed, chafing)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
    • give offence verb (gives offence, gave offence, giving offence)
    • anger verb (angers, angered, angering)
  2. to vex
    to fool; to tease; to vex; to badger; to swindle; to trick; to hoax; to hoodwink
    • fool verb (fools, fooled, fooling)
    • tease verb (teases, teased, teasing)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • swindle verb (swindles, swindled, swindling)
    • trick verb (tricks, tricked, tricking)
    • hoax verb (hoaxes, hoaxed, hoaxing)
    • hoodwink verb (hoodwinks, hoodwinked, hoodwinking)
  3. to vex
    – be a mystery or bewildering to 1
    to get; to stick; to beat; to pose; to baffle; to puzzle; to vex; to bewilder; to perplex; mystify
    – be a mystery or bewildering to 1
    • get verb (gets, got, getting)
    • stick verb (sticks, sticked, sticking)
    • beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
      • This beats me!1
    • pose verb (poses, posed, posing)
    • baffle verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)
    • puzzle verb (puzzles, puzzled, puzzling)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
      • a vexing problem1
    • bewilder verb (bewilders, bewildered, bewildering)
    • perplex verb (perplexes, perplexed, perplexing)
    • mystify verb
  4. to vex
    – subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation 1
    to vex
    – subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation 1
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
      • vex the subject of the death penalty1
  5. to vex
    – change the arrangement or position of 1
    to disturb; to agitate; to vex; to stir up; to shake up; raise up; commove
    – change the arrangement or position of 1
    • disturb verb (disturbs, disturbed, disturbing)
    • agitate verb (agitates, agitated, agitating)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
    • stir up verb (stirs up, stirred up, stirring up)
    • shake up verb (shakes up, shook up, shaking up)
    • raise up verb
    • commove verb
  6. to vex
    – disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress 1
    to worry; to vex
    – disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress 1
    • worry verb (worries, worried, worrying)
      • I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me1
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)

Conjugations for vex:

present
  1. vex
  2. vex
  3. vexes
  4. vex
  5. vex
  6. vex
simple past
  1. vexed
  2. vexed
  3. vexed
  4. vexed
  5. vexed
  6. vexed
present perfect
  1. have vexed
  2. have vexed
  3. has vexed
  4. have vexed
  5. have vexed
  6. have vexed
past continuous
  1. was vexing
  2. were vexing
  3. was vexing
  4. were vexing
  5. were vexing
  6. were vexing
future
  1. shall vex
  2. will vex
  3. will vex
  4. shall vex
  5. will vex
  6. will vex
continuous present
  1. am vexing
  2. are vexing
  3. is vexing
  4. are vexing
  5. are vexing
  6. are vexing
subjunctive
  1. be vexed
  2. be vexed
  3. be vexed
  4. be vexed
  5. be vexed
  6. be vexed
diverse
  1. vex!
  2. let's vex!
  3. vexed
  4. vexing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "vex":

  1. be a mystery or bewildering to1
    • a vexing problem1
  2. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation1
    • vex the subject of the death penalty1
  3. change the arrangement or position of1
  4. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress1