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- DictionaryVexing/ˈveksiNG/
adjective
- 1. causing annoyance, frustration, or worry: "the most vexing questions for policymakers"
The meaning of VEXING is causing or likely to cause vexation : vexatious. How to use vexing in a sentence.
irritating, provoking, or annoying: Automatic file recovery reintroduced errors already corrected at the proofing stage—which was very vexing. tormenting, troubling, or distressing: She came to see racism as her country's most vexing problem. Discover More.
annoying, worrying, or causing problems : The shortage of qualified teachers remains a vexing problem. Synonyms. annoying. bothersome old-fashioned. galling. infuriating. maddening. pesky informal. vexatious old-fashioned or formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Annoying. accursed. aggravating. annoyingly. ball-ache. exasperatingly.
a. : to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to. the restaurant is vexed by slow service. b. : to bring physical distress to. a headache vexed him all morning. c. : to irritate or annoy by petty provocations : harass. vexed by the children.
1. To irritate, bother, or frustrate: was vexed at the slow pace of reform. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To cause perplexity in; baffle: "the mathematical, biological, and meteorological problems that vexed and intrigued him all the days of his life" (Robin Marantz Henig). 3.
Anything vexing is bothersome or annoying. The noise of a car alarm is extremely vexing to everyone around. To be vexed is to be irritated or exasperated, so anything vexing creates irritation or exasperation. A splitting headache is vexing. A talkative neighbor can be vexing.
to cause difficulty to someone, or to cause someone to feel angry, annoyed, or upset: This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government. Synonym. annoy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate.
adjective. That vexes. Webster's New World. Synonyms: maddening. infuriating. exasperating. vexatious. teasing. plaguey. plaguy. pestiferous. pestering. pesky. nettlesome. irritating. galling. bothersome. annoying. verb. Present participle of vex. Wiktionary. Synonyms: distressing. plaguing. troubling. worrying. provoking.
making somebody annoyed or worried. I found their attitude extremely vexing. Definition of vexing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for VEXING: frustrating, annoying, irritating, disturbing, aggravating, exasperating, irksome, maddening; Antonyms of VEXING: delightful, pleasing, obliging, satisfying, gratifying, placating, appeasing, pacifying.
