/ˈvɛkst/
OriginFrom Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.
- annoyed, irritated or distressed
“She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.”
“He would be left in no doubt that they were annoyed. He might even go so far as to deduce that they were quite vexed.”
- much debated, discussed or disputed
“The question, however, as to whether rinderpest bile is capable of producing the disease in a herd innoculated with it is a very vexed one, and round this point heated controversies have been waged in”
“I leave aside the vexed questions about whether one or two peploi were woven and presented to Athena during the Greater (every four years) and Lesser (every year) Panathenaic festivals […]”
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of vex
Formsmore vexed(comparative) · most vexed(superlative)