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  • past tense form of vex.
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vexed

[vekst] / vɛkst /










ADJECTIVE
peeved
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


ADJECTIVE
perturbed
Synonyms






Example Sentences

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This question, now being asked of prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, has vexed financial regulators from Hammurabi to Hamilton.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Though timing these cycles has vexed many investors, there was a fairly familiar pattern of sales growing quickly, then shrinking.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

From hostages to nuclear weapons and proxy wars, Iran has vexed American presidents for some 75 years, compelling some of Washington’s riskiest international campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

In his statement, he said the post had followed Mr Lammy's visit to the Caribbean when he was foreign secretary and was about the "vexed issue" of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

When the pups had been first born, Pap got vexed with me once I started naming ’em.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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