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vexing
adjective as in bothersome
adjective as in difficult
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- abstract
- abstruse
- baffling
- bewildering
- confounding
- dark
- deep
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- entangled
- esoteric
- formidable
- hard to explain
- hard to solve
- hidden
- inexplicable
- intricate
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- loose
- meandering
- mysterious
- mystical
- mystifying
- nice
- obscure
- obstinate
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- problematical
- profound
- puzzling
- rambling
- subtle
- tangled
- thorny
- ticklish
- unclear
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
adjective as in disquieting
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adjective as in disturbing
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adjective as in galling
adjective as in irksome
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adjective as in mischievous
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- arch
- artful
- bad
- bothersome
- damaging
- dangerous
- deleterious
- destructive
- detrimental
- evil
- exasperating
- foxy
- frolicsome
- harmful
- hazardous
- hurtful
- ill
- ill-behaved
- injurious
- insidious
- irksome
- malignant
- misbehaving
- perilous
- pernicious
- precarious
- puckish
- rascal
- rascally
- risky
- sinful
- spiteful
- sportive
- teasing
- tricky
- troublesome
- vexatious
- vicious
- wayward
adjective as in nettlesome
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adjective as in perturbing
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adjective as in pesky
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adjective as in teasing
adjective as in torturous
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adjective as in troublesome
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- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- disquieting
- disruptive
- distressful
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- intrusive
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
adjective as in trying
adjective as in unsatisfactory
adjective as in unsettling
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adjective as in upsetting
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adjective as in worrisome
noun as in harassment
noun as in provocation
noun as in ribbing
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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