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UK
/vˈɛkst/
]
[ US /ˈvɛkst/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛkst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
a harried expression
her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
harassed working mothers -
causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
the vexed issue of priorities
we live in vexed and troubled times
How To Use vexed In A Sentence
- He was vexed and flounced out of the dining room.
- Sources expect there is little chance of agreement between the two sides on the vexed issue of overtime, expected to hit 64 million this year.
- This problem, which has vexed Jewish philosophers since Philo Judaeus, had recently received elaborate treatment by Maimonides. Gersonides
- The question of acquisitions is a vexed one. Times, Sunday Times
- The inscription above the arch, "To a happy and prosperous entrance," seemed a mockery in the old douanier days, when delays and extortions vexed the soul of the visitor, and produced a mood anything but favourable to the enjoyment of the Eternal City. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
- It vexed him that the golden deeds of his youth had been largely forgotten and that no knighthood had been bestowed. Times, Sunday Times
- For example, the vexed problem of alcohol abuse is argued by some to be amenable to outside intervention.
- Yesterday, he was vexed and frustrated as the weekend's fatalities ensured a flood of calls from journalists.
- the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
- As a Yorkshire born Aussie, the question of Scottish antipathy to the English has vexed me often.