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  • past tense form of vex.
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Definitions

vexed

[vekst] / vɛkst /










ADJECTIVE
peeved
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


ADJECTIVE
perturbed
Synonyms






Example Sentences

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This question, now being asked of prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, has vexed financial regulators from Hammurabi to Hamilton.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

A similar query arises when the author comes to the vexed question of how, and if, a diarist’s confidential work should be preserved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Though timing these cycles has vexed many investors, there was a fairly familiar pattern of sales growing quickly, then shrinking.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

The question that vexed me as I left La Jolla Playhouse, where “Working Girl” is receiving its world premiere, is why must musicals so often cheapen their source material?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

It's stupid, I know, that his efforts make me so vexed.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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