vexatious
1
8.7
- adjective
- /vɛkˈseɪʃəs/
:
irritante
- The team's vexatious delays in responding to emails frustrated their clients and lowered their satisfaction.
Examples
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Intended, in part, to allow freedmen to vote without vexatious challenges, the bill permitted residents who had lived in the state for only one day to vote as well.
Academic text (2011) -
This should cut down the large number of vexatious claims.
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Therefore, the potential for vexatious prisoner lawsuits is a matter of legitimate social concern.
Academic text (1997) -
These aren't vexatious claims from campaigning lawyers, they come from within the armed forces themselves and indeed from our allies in Australia.
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The Human Rights Code (1995) states that I must not "engage in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome" (10 1).
Academic text (2003) -
In mid-March, Gilmer condemned Georgians' trespasses on property still occupied by Cherokees and denounced the "vexatious arrests" of Cherokees by local authorities.
Academic text (2011) -
Repeatedly misplacing his keys became quite vexatious for him, causing daily frustrations.
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Her vexatious questions during the meeting annoyed everyone and distracted from the main agenda.
Synonyms
392
1.0
Making someone feel bothered or irritated
126
5.1
Very unpleasant in a way that makes people angry or upset
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
59
3.6
Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance
49
3.9
Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with
26
7.5
So unpleasant you cannot stand it
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
14
7.4
Used before a noun to show strong anger or annoyance
11
7.7
Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated
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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
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9.4
Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems
Making people feel annoyed or troubled
Causing a feeling that annoys you and does not go away
Causes annoyance or small trouble that makes you feel irritated
Annoying and causing repeated small problems or used to complain strongly
A small pain or problem that keeps annoying you
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A lawsuit that a person brings to annoy or harm someone without good reason
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word vexatious comes from the Latin verb vexare, which meant 'to shake' or 'to disturb' and is the same root as English vex. So something vexatious 'shakes' or disturbs you, which is why it means something that causes irritation or trouble.