vexed
adjective
[ ˈvɛkst ]
• (of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic.
• "the vexed question of how much money the government is going to spend"
Similar:
disputed,
in dispute,
contested,
in contention,
contentious,
debated,
debatable,
open to debate,
open to question,
questionable,
at issue,
open to doubt,
controversial,
moot,
unresolved,
unsettled,
up in the air,
undecided,
yet to be decided,
undetermined,
unconcluded,
ongoing,
problematic,
problematical,
taxing,
knotty,
thorny,
ticklish,
delicate,
sticky,
dicey,
hairy,
iffy,
dodgy,
• annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
• "I'm very vexed with you!"
Similar:
annoyed,
irritated,
angry,
irate,
furious,
incensed,
inflamed,
enraged,
infuriated,
maddened,
fuming,
wrathful,
choleric,
exasperated,
piqued,
irked,
nettled,
ill-humoured,
hot-tempered,
testy,
cross,
in a bad mood,
in a temper,
in high dudgeon,
huffy,
in a huff,
put out,
fed up,
disgruntled,
displeased,
dissatisfied,
frustrated,
resentful,
upset,
perturbed,
fretted,
bothered,
troubled,
worried,
agitated,
harassed,
harried,
flustered,
distressed,
aggravated,
peeved,
miffed,
miffy,
mad,
riled,
hacked off,
peed off,
hot under the collar,
foaming at the mouth,
browned off,
cheesed off,
brassed off,
not best pleased,
narked,
eggy,
teed off,
ticked off,
sore,
steamed,
vex,
ireful,
snuffy,
wrath,
pissed off,
pissed,
vex
verb
• make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.
• "the memory of the conversation still vexed him"
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
infuriate,
anger,
incense,
inflame,
enrage,
irk,
chagrin,
exasperate,
madden,
pique,
provoke,
nettle,
disturb,
upset,
perturb,
discompose,
put out,
try,
try someone's patience,
get on someone's nerves,
bother,
trouble,
worry,
agitate,
harass,
harry,
fuss,
fluster,
ruffle,
hound,
rankle with,
nag,
torment,
pain,
distress,
tease,
frustrate,
chafe,
grate,
fret,
gall,
outrage,
displease,
offend,
disgust,
dissatisfy,
disquiet,
rub up the wrong way,
mither,
peeve,
aggravate,
miff,
bug,
bite,
eat,
hassle,
rile,
get to,
hack off,
make someone's blood boil,
make someone see red,
get someone's goat,
get someone's hackles up,
make someone's hackles rise,
get someone's back up,
get someone's dander up,
drive up the wall,
drive bananas,
needle,
be a pain in the neck,
ruffle someone's feathers,
get in someone's hair,
get under someone's skin,
give someone a hard time,
nark,
get on someone's wick,
give someone the hump,
wind up,
get across,
get up someone's nose,
tick off,
ride,
rankle,
gravel,
bum out,
piss off,
get on someone's tits,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French vexer, from Latin vexare ‘shake, disturb’.
