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  • past tense form of vex.
  • past participle of vex.
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Which Shakespeare character is referred to by another character as "mad as the vexed sea"?

vexed

[vekst] / vΙ›kst /










ADJECTIVE
peeved
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


ADJECTIVE
perturbed
Synonyms






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To call this a vexed question is putting it mildly.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

For decades scientists and researchers have been vexed by a sound emanating from cats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But along with the surge in tourism comes misbehaviour that has vexed locals and Balinese authorities.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The billionaire built the sprawling facility to address an issue that has long vexed Nigeria—the West African nation is a major oil producer but exports almost all its crude to be refined abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

This new regime—free money for capitalists, free markets for everyone else—plus the more or less instant rewriting of financial history vexed all sorts of people, but few were as enthusiastically vexed as Steve Eisman.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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