Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.
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Vexatious
//vɛkˈseɪʃəs//
Synonyms for "vexatious" (73 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Related words (36)
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1 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀργαλέος adj (causing vexation)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дразнещ adj (causing vexation)
- притеснителен adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
Catalan
2 entries- vexatori adj (causing vexation)
- vexatori adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無理取鬧 /无理取闹 adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
Dutch
2 entries- ergerlijk adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
- vexatoir adj (causing vexation)
Finnish
3 entries- harmillinen adj (causing vexation)
- vaikea adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
- ärsyttävä adj (causing vexation)
German
4 entries- belästigend adj (causing vexation)
- lästig adj (causing vexation)
- nervtötend adj (causing vexation)
- verdrießlich adj (causing vexation)
Greek
3 entries- ενοχλητικός adj (causing vexation)
- ενοχλητικός adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
- εξοργιστικός adj (causing vexation)
Middle English
1 entries- hevysum adj (causing vexation)
Māori
2 entries- inonoti adj (causing vexation)
- whakatakariri adj (causing vexation)
Polish
4 entries- dokuczliwy adj (causing vexation)
- irytujący adj (causing vexation)
- nieznośny adj (causing vexation)
- przykry adj (causing vexation)
Russian
2 entries- беспоко́йный adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
- раздража́ющий adj (causing vexation)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- draghail adj (causing vexation)
Spanish
3 entries- vejador adj (causing vexation)
- vejatorio adj (causing vexation)
- vejatorio adj (full of trouble or disquiet)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom's vexatious behavior led to him being banned from the bar.
Source: tatoeba (13176289)
The lawsuit was dismissed as vexatious and meritless.
Source: tatoeba (13176292)
Although this letter is vexatious, I must not forget that my little entertainment has brought me a visiter in the Marquess of Wentworthdale, on an errand of no small moment, as the Countess of Rotheles may soon learn, to her surprise, for I shall, probably, see him at the Opera to-night.
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