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vexed

adjective as in bothered

adjective as in displeased

adjective as in miffed

adjective as in peeved

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adjective as in perturbed

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That question — the deepest and most vexed issue posed by the theory — is still the subject of arguments a century old.

So in the spirit of embracing and exploring our current state of deeply vexed uncertainty, the Vox Book Club is going to spend November reading Susan Choi’s wicked and vexing Trust Exercise.

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I sometimes feel vexed by—but also addicted to—a sense of conflict, or a sense of being at odds with myself, or my choices.

When European politics became more vexed, so did Eurovision.

A turbulent period in which national identity was always vexed by the slavery question up through 1861.

For weeks since our pilgrimage, the furious debate over the Ground Zero mosque has vexed me.

So, feeling a little vexed by the GW incident, I took the purity test.

Its record is largely that of battles and sieges, of the brave adventure of discovery and the vexed slaughter of the nations.

He felt vexed with himself for his lapse from good manners, yet hardly able to account for it.

She felt vexed with her mother, vexed with her husband, vexed on all sides; and she took refuge in her fatigue and was silent.

I was vexed that the woman of the party wore a dress evidently of French fashion: it spoiled the unity of the groupe.

She stamped her foot prettily, imperiously, vexed at my refusal to go out of that weird place the way I had entered.

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On this page you'll find 596 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vexed, such as: annoyed, bitter, enraged, exasperated, furious, and heated.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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