Synonyms for Vexed | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "vexed" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Adjective(5 words)

aggravated angry annoyed anxious beset botheredbrowned offbrowned-off bugged burnt-up chafed concerned

Strong matches (25)

Related words (42)

hounded huff huffy inconvenienced indignant irked irritated miffed nettled peeved persecuted perturbed piqued plagued provokedput output to itput-out puzzled resentful

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riled roiled ruffled smitten soresore besettormented troubled worriedworried sickworried stiff

Adjective(11 words)

irritate irritated perplexed pestered problematic puzzled thorny trouble troublesome uncertain upset

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

13 entries

affectcognitive statedistress disturbemotional stateissuemental statemood perturb problem questionstate of mindtrouble

More specific

12 entries

annoyed bewildered concern confuseddelicate matterdifficult questiondistressed frustrated irk peeve preoccupythorny issue

Collocations

9 entries

vexed byvexed by bureaucracyvexed by delaysvexed issuevexed problemvexed questionvexed statevexed statusvexed topic

Inflections

4 entries

more vexedmost vexedvexes vexing

Derivations

6 entries

vex vexation vexatious vexer vexing vexingly

similar

3 entries

difficult hard troubled

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Nothing vexed her more than his selfishness.

Source: tatoeba (285466)

I was vexed at his irresolute attitude.

Source: tatoeba (286574)

Oh, no, I'm not vexed—don't worry yourself. I'm too sorry for you to leave any room for anger in my mind.

Source: tatoeba (5825273)

He was specially desirous to help recluses and those who required spiritual consolation, and who were vexed by evil spirits.

Source: tatoeba (11588267)

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