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View definitions for vexing

vexing

adjective as in disquieting

adjective as in irksome

adjective as in nettlesome

adjective as in pesky

adjective as in teasing

adjective as in torturous

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Example Sentences

Let’s celebrate the end of the most vexing, mean-spirited presidential election in modern times.

For now, let’s celebrate the end of the most vexing, mean-spirited and household-dividing presidential election in modern times, as it heaves itself across the finish line and crumples in a lousy heap.

I wondered whether losing to “My Sharona” was particularly vexing.

Beyoncé, meanwhile, lost album of the year three more times — a vexing outcome for music’s most intellectually ambitious superstar.

If these numbers were actually filmed in full, hacking off their final bars might’ve cut the total runtime, but at the cost of vexing audiences even further.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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