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vexed

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vexed  (vkst)
adj.
1. Irritated, distressed, or annoyed: greatly vexed by their behavior; the vexed parents of an unruly teenager.
2. Much discussed or debated: a vexed question.

vexed
Adjective
1. annoyed and puzzled
2. much debated: the vexed question of pay
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vexedvexed - 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"
troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
2.vexedvexed - causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"
difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

vexed
adjective 1. annoyed, upset, irritated, worried, troubled, bothered, confused, disturbed, distressed, provoked, put out, fed up, tormented, harassed, aggravated (informal) afflicted, agitated, ruffled, exasperated, perplexed, nettled, miffed (informal) displeased, riled, peeved (informal) hacked off U.S. (slang) out of countenance, tooshie Austral. (slang) hoha N.Z.
adjective 2. controversial, disputed, contested, moot, much debated
Translations
Spanish vexed [vɛkst] adj [question] → controvertido
French vexed [vɛkst] adj [question] → controversé(e)
German vexed [vɛkst] vex adj (upset) → verärgert;
(question) → umstritten

Italian vexed [vɛkst] adj [question] → controverso/a, dibattuto/a

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Jupiter, vexed at his request because he was not satisfied with his size and strength of body, and desired yet more, not only refused to give him horns, but even deprived him of a portion of his ears.
When you came, perhaps in drink, and bade the porters go to the police station and asked about the blood, I was vexed that they let you go and took you for drunken.
A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits.
 
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