Definitions for vexed
vɛkstvexed

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed(adj)

   troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

   "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"

2. vexed(adj)

   causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed

   "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. vexed(Adjective)

   annoyed, irritated or distressed

   She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.

2. vexed(Adjective)

   much debated, discussed or disputed

   the vexed question of whether or not to kiss on a first date

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Vexed

   of Vex

2. Vexed(adj)

   annoyed; harassed; troubled

3. Vexed(adj)

   much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question

How to pronounce vexed?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say vexed in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vexed in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vexed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of vexed in a Sentence

1. J. F. Boyse:

   If, in instructing a child, you are vexed with it for want of adroitness, try, if you have never tried before, to write with your left hand, and then remember that a child is all left hand.

2. Professor Frankum:

   The whole consent issue is quite vexed. People sometimes feel they’re consenting to one thing and it turns out to be something else.

3. Professor Frankum:

   There are ways of creating educational images for patients that don’t involve live streaming potentially vulnerable individuals, the whole consent issue is quite vexed. People sometimes feel they’re consenting to one thing and it turns out to be something else.

4. William Shakespeare, Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 1, sc. 1.:

   Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

5. Sophocles:

   Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.

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