vexed

Definition

annoyed, irritated or distressed

Etymology

From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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 other places than in Natal."