vexing
11
7.7
- adjective
- /ˈvɛksɪŋ/
:
frustrante
- The constant noise from the construction site was quite vexing as I tried to concentrate on my work.
- vexing problem
- vexing question
- vexing challenge
You know, that's the part that's kind of vexing to me.
- You know, that's the part that's kind of vexing to me.
- Even more vexing, there wasn't a single legible image of the driver.
- It can make these choices and situations more vexing.
- Invest there so that you can come solve some of the world's vexing problems that we all need right now.
- And it can be intimidating and vexing.
- And it can be a, a very, very, very vexing and difficult and at times tragic occurrence in a, in, in a family.
- And if you if you, if you this is really vexing, let me tell you.
Examples
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Questions of her racial identity become even more vexing when she receives information about her birth mother.
Academic text (2014) -
But how is this solution going to remedy the vexing economic problems facing a growing population?
Academic text (1995) -
Now, if I am right about this, these questions are more vexing to me than to you.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think this is probably the most vexing, the most important, vital thing to work out in your life, certainly in my life.
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Scientists throughout the nation have directed their attention to this very vexing problem with only limited success.
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Do the countries whose education standards we so admire struggle with the same vexing questions?
Academic text (1997) -
Nonetheless, decisions regarding test selection remain vexing even when data are available relating to curriculum-test correspondence.
Academic text (1992) -
Title IX officers are at the center of one of higher education's most vexing issues: campus sexual assault.
Academic text (2016) -
What to do about Iran's nuclear program is one of the most vexing foreign policy challenges confronting the Obama administration.
Academic text (2011) -
Once philosophers began to speculate about the nature of human consciousness, blindness posed a vexing problem.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
392
1.0
Making someone feel bothered or irritated
304
4.2
Causing worry or fear
256
3.0
Making you feel annoyed or disappointed because it stops you getting what you want
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
64
4.2
Making you feel worried or uneasy
59
3.6
Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance
36
4.6
Causing strong worry and emotional pain
26
5.3
Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed
22
5.3
Very annoying and hard to bear
14
3.5
Causing annoyance or trouble
6
6.1
Making you feel very annoyed and frustrated
5
6.8
Making you feel annoyed because something seems unfair or hard to accept
3
5.4
Making a situation worse or more annoying
1
8.7
Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated
1
4.8
Causing annoyance or anger in someone
1
9.4
Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems
1
6.8
Something that makes you feel worried or uneasy
Making people feel annoyed or troubled
A small pain or problem that keeps annoying you
Causes annoyance or small trouble that makes you feel irritated
Annoying and causing repeated small problems or used to complain strongly
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vexing comes from an old Latin word vexare meaning 'to shake' or 'disturb'. So a vexing problem is like a small shaking or disturbance that makes you feel annoyed or frustrated.