Vexed

Definitions: Vexed

Vexed

Adjective

1. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager".

2. Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times".

Date "vexed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	If you are vexed in your dreams, you will find many worries scattered through your early awakening. If you think some person is vexed with you, it is a sign that you will not shortly reconcile some slight misunderstanding. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Synonyms: Vexed

Synonyms: annoyed (adj), harassed (adj), harried (adj), pestered (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Difficulty	Nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point; vexed question, vexata quaestio, poser; puzzle; (riddle); paradox; hard nut to crack, nut to crack; bone to pick,
Discord	Subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli; question at issue; (subject of inquiry); vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Vexed

English words defined with "vexed": annoyed ♦ harassed, harried ♦ Mad ♦ Out of sorts ♦ pestered ♦ Snuffy ♦ Wraw. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vexed": baz ♦ Corset ♦ Fight, Fortune-telling ♦ GALLIED ♦ Handcuffs ♦ obsessed ♦ Pebbles. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni)

I am vexed and ratty, two three! (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

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Domain	Title
Books	A Critical Old-Spelling Edition of William Rowley's a New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed (Garland Publications in American and English Literature) (reference) An American Quality Legend: How Maytag Saved Our Moms, Vexed the Competition, and Presaged America's Quality Revolution (reference) The Vexed question : denominational education in a secular age (reference) Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642 (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Mentally Vexed (reference) Mentally Vexed (+1 Bonus Track) [IMPORT] (reference) Vexed Fanatica (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Quotation
Edmund Waller	Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
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Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	He was very much vexed.
Through the Looking-Glass	Carroll, Lewis	He looked so vexed at the idea, that Alice changed the subject hastily.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Paris would be greatly vexed, had she no guillotine.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus tells of a peasant who was occupied by a different devil for every day in the week, and on Sundays by two. They were frequently seen, always walking in his shadow, when he had one, but were finally driven away by the village notary, a holy man; but they took the peasant with them, for he vanished utterly. A devil thrown out of a woman by the Archbishop of Rheims ran through the trees, pursued by a hundred persons, until the open country was reached, where by a leap higher than a church spire he escaped into a bird. A chaplain in Cromwell's army exorcised a soldier's obsessing devil by throwing the soldier into the water, when the devil came to the surface. The soldier, unfortunately, did not.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	The commerce of the United States with the north of Europe, heretofore much vexed by licentious cruisers, particularly under the Danish flag, has latterly been visited with fresh and extensive depredations.
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"Vexed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 61.31% of the time. "Vexed" is used about 137 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	61.31%	84	36,109
Lexical Verb (past participle)	26.28%	36	57,479
Lexical Verb (past tense)	12.41%	17	85,106
Total	100.00%	137	N/A

Expressions using "vexed": a vexed question ♦ be vexed about smth. ♦ be vexed with smb. ♦ become vexed ♦ don't get vexed about it! ♦ get vexed ♦ i am vexed ♦ vexed question. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "vexed": much-vexed, once-vexed, still-vexed.
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Language		Translations for "vexed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i trazuar (agog, boisterous, distempered, disturbed, flurried, haywire, lumpy, mixed, on edge, rough, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent), i shqetësuar (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distempered, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fidgety, flurried, flustered, jittery, preoccupied, restless, troubled, troublous, uneasy, worried), i nxehur (candent, ireful, resentful, shirty, surly). (various references)

Arabic		‏مناقش مطولا, ‏مغيظ (angry, annoying, infuriating, irritated, provoking, vexatious), ‏متكدر (annoyed). (various references)

Bulgarian		много разискван проблем (vexed question), много труден проблем (vexed question). (various references)

Chinese		惆 (disappointed, forlorn), 懊惱 (annoyed, upset), �" (troubled), 使烦恼 (Vex, Vexing). (various references)

Czech		sporný (at issue, contentious, controversial, debatable, disputable, disputant, litigious, polemic, questionable), rozmrzelý (disgruntled, peevish, resentful, upset), citlivý (delicate, feeling, impressionable, open-hearted, responsive, sensitive, sore, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned), choulostivý (delicate, lackadaisical, squeamish, tender, ticklish, tricky). (various references)

Finnish		olla harmissaan (feel vexed), kiusaantua (be annoyed, be vexed), harmistua (be annoyed, be vexed, feel indignant). (various references)

French		vexé, fâché, ennuyant (vexing). (various references)

German		vieldiskutiert, verärgert (angrily, angry, annoyed, crossly, disgruntles, peeved, piqued, shirty, sore), schwierig (arduous, arduously, awkward, awkwardly, catchy, challenging, difficult, hard, stiff, tackling, tough, trying, upsetting). (various references)

Greek		ωργισμένοσ (angry, irate), ερεθισμένοσ (bloodshot, excited). (various references)

Hebrew		זעוף (angry, furious, irate, sullen, surly, wrathful), זח (annoyed). (various references)

Hungarian		bosszankodó. (various references)

Indonesian		dongkol (acrimonious, irked, resentful). (various references)

Italian		indispettire (annoy, become annoyed, become vexed, peeve, pique, vex). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		歯�'い (chagrined, impatient, tantalized). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		はがゆい (chagrined, impatient, irritated, tantalized). (various references)

Manx		sproghit (crazy, flaming angry, infuriated), sneihagh (piqued, vexatious), seaghnit (distressed, grief-stricken, grieved), fargagh (angry, enraged, furious, indignant, quick-tempered; passion, raging, wrathful), boirit (agitated, bothered, concerned, confused, disturbed, edgy, embarrassed, grieved, perplexed, pestered, preoccupied, teased, woeful, worried). (various references)

Pig Latin		exedvay

Portuguese		vexado, contrariado, apoquentado, aborrecido (annoyed, beastly, boring, bothersome, damnable, disgustful, drab, dreary, dull, dullness, ground, horrific, iron, jaded, meddler, morpheme, mumpish, ouzel, pernickety, pesky, prose, provoking, soporific, stodgy, sulky, tedious, tired, tiresome, tiring, troublesome, unpleasant, vexing, wearisome, weary, worn out, worried, worrisome). (various references)

Romanian		contrariat (annoyed, upset). (various references)

Russian		раздосадованный (annoyed, discontented). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uznemiren (disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, perturbed, queasy, troubled, uneasy, unsettled, upset), sporan (arguable, contentious, controversial, debatable, disputable, disputatious, exceptionable, impugnable, moot, uncertain). (various references)

Spanish		picado (bleeding, chipping, choppy, cupping, dive, dived, dressing, dusty seed, gall, ground, nose dive, nosedive, pit, pricked, resin tapping, roughening by picking, salt, salt water, sand hole, scabbling, streaking, turpentining), molesto (aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, ill at ease, importunate, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, objectionable, obnoxious, obtrusive, plaguy, provoking, pushing, pushy, troublesome, trying, unwelcome, vexatious), enojado (angry, cross, displeased, hipped, huffy, mad, shirty, snotty), enfadado (aggravating, angry, cross, huffy, passionate, ratty, snuffy), discutido, batallona. (various references)

Swedish		omtvistad (contentious, contested, controversial, disputed, moot), omstridd (contested, debatable, disputed), harmsen (indignant), förargad (annoyed, shirty). (various references)

Turkish		tartışmalı (contentious, controversial, eristic, explosive, moot, polemic), kızgın (angry, angry with, annoyed, ardent, baking, black, boiling, cross, dyspeptic, fervent, fierce, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignant, indignantly, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, wild, wroth), kırgın (chagrined, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, hurt, injured, offended, sore, wroth), dargın (angry with, cross, displeased, huffish, huffy, injured, offended, resentful, stuffy, wroth), canı sıkkın (blue, in the doldrums, out of humor, out of humour). (various references)

Turkmen		hyrsyсy diюlemek (be annoyed). (various references)

Ukranian		стривожений (anxious, disturbed, harassed, solicitous, upset, uptight, worrisome), спірний (arguable, argumentative, contentious, controversial, debatable, deniable, disputable, eristic, impugnable, litigious, moot, outstanding), роздратований (aggravated, angry, annoyed, bad tempered, disgruntled, edgy, exasperated, huffy, irritated, nasty, peeved, querulous, shirty). (various references)

Vietnamese		phật ý; bực tức một vấn đề gây ra nhiều cuộc tranh luận. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	gravabitur, gravata, gravatae, gravatas, gravati, gravatis, gravatur, graventur, gravetur. (various references)
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Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 6, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai oi ocloumenoi upo pneumatwn akaqartwn kai eqerapeuonto
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui venerunt ut audirent eum et sanarentur a languoribus suis et qui vexabantur ab spiritibus inmundis curabantur
Old English	990	West Saxon	ða coman þæt hi hyne gehyrdon. and wæron of hyra adlum gehælede. and þa ðe wæron of unclænum gastum gedrehte wærun gehælede;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	That camen to here hym, and to be heelid of her siknessis; and thei that weren trauelid of vncleene spiritis, weren heelid.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And they also that were vexed with foule spretes and they were healed.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they that were afflicted with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.
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Language	Luke Chapter 6, Verse 18
Bulgarian	И като слезе заедно с тях, Той се спря на едно равно място; спряха се там и голямо множество от учениците Му и голяма навалица от люде от цяла Юдея и Ерусалим и от Тирското и Сидонското крайморие, които бяха дошли да �"о чуят и да се изцелят от болестите си;
Cebuano	ug nangaayo ang mga gisakit sa mga mahugaw nga espiritu.
Chinese	還有被污鬼纏磨的、也得了醫治。
Croatian	nagrnuše da ga slušaju i da ozdrave od svojih bolesti. I ozdravljali su oni koje su muèili neèisti dusi.
Danish	som vare komne for at høre ham og helbredes for deres Sygdomme. Og de plagede bleve helbredte fra urene Ånder;
Dutch	Die gekomen waren, om Hem te horen, en om van hun ziekten genezen te worden, en die van onreine geesten gekweld waren; en zij werden genezen.
Finnish	Ja myös ne, jotka olivat saastaisten henkien vaivaamia, tulivat terveiksi.
French	Ceux qui étaient tourmentés par des esprits impurs étaient guéris.
German	die da gekommen waren, ihn zu hören und daß sie geheilt würden von ihren Seuchen; und die von unsauberen Geistern umgetrieben wurden, die wurden gesund.
Haitian Creole	Moun ki te gen move lespri ap toumante yo te geri tou.
Hungarian	És a kik tisztátalan lelkektõl gyötrettek, meggyógyulának.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mereka datang untuk mendengar Yesus, dan untuk disembuhkan dari penyakit-penyakit mereka. Mereka yang kemasukan roh jahat datang juga dan disembuhkan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	yang datang hendak mendengar Dia dan meminta sembuhkan penyakit mereka itu, dan orang yang dirasuk setan itu pun disembuhkan-Nya.
Italian	che erano venuti per ascoltarlo ed esser guariti dalle loro malattie; anche quelli che erano tormentati da spiriti immondi, venivano guariti.
Korean	�" 러 운 귀 � 에 게 � 난 받 �" 자 �"� 도 � 침 을 얻 은 지 라
Latvian	Kas bija nâkuði, lai Viòu klausîtos un lai tiktu izdziedinâti no savâm kaitçm. Arî tie, kurus mocîja neðíîstie gari, tika izdziedinâti,
Manx Gaelic	As adsyn va seaghnit lesh spyrrydyn neu-ghlen; as v'ad er nyn lheihys.
Maori	Me te hunga ano e whakatoia ana e nga wairua poke: a whakaorangia ana ratou.
Modern Greek	και οι ενοχλουμενοι υπο πνευματων ακαθαρτων, και εθεραπευοντο.
Norwegian	som var kommet for å høre ham og for å bli lægt for sine sykdommer; og de som var plaget av urene ånder, blev helbredet.
Portuguese	e os que eram atormentados por espíritos imundos ficavam curados.
Rumanian	Cei chinuiyi de duhuri necurate, erau vindecayi.
Russian	ЛПФПТЩЕ � ТЙЫМЙ � ПУМХЫБФШ еЗП Й ЙУ�"ЕМЙФШУС ПФ �'ПМЕЪОЕК УЧПЙИ, ФБЛЦЕ Й УФТБЦ�"ХЭЙЕ ПФ ОЕЮЙУФЩИ �"ХИПЧ; Й ЙУ�"ЕМСМЙУШ.
Shuar	Iwianchrukusha Tsuámararmiayi.
Spanish	Los que eran atormentados por espíritus inmundos eran sanados,
Swahili	Aliwaponya pia wote waliokuwa wanasumbuliwa na pepo wachafu.
Swedish	Dessa hade kommit för att höra honom och för att bliva botade från sina sjukdomar. Och jämväl de som voro kvalda av orena andar blevo botade.
Thai	และบรร�"าคนที่ต้องทนทุกข์เพราะผีโสโครก เขาก็ไ�"้รับการรักษาให้หาย�"้วย
Ukrainian	що посходилися, щоб послухати Його та вздоровитися із недугів своїх, також ті, хто від духів нечистих страждав, і вони вздоровлялися.
Uma	Patuju-ra tumai, doko' mpo'epe lolita Yesus pai' mpopepaka'uri'. To napesuai' seta tumai wo'o pai' napaka'uri' -ra.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "vexed": vexedly. (additional references)
	Words ending with "vexed": unvexed. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Vexed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exad, exed, lexed, rexed, vaxe, vaxed, vaxid, vedex, veed, vegged, vered, vexa, vexd, vexe, vexem, vexen, vexerd, vexet, vexi, videx, vixed, vixel, voxe, voxed, voxel, voxer, voxid. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "vexed" (pronounced ve"kst)
4	-e" k s t	flexed, next, perplexed, sexed, teletext, text.
3	-k s t	affixed, angst, annexed, axed, boxed, climaxed, coaxed, context, faxed, fixed, flummoxed, hypertext, indexed, intermixed, mixed, nixed, outfoxed, overtaxed, pretext, relaxed, subtext, taxed, transfixed, unmixed, untaxed, videotext, waxed, xeroxed.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-v-x"
	-2 letters: dee, dev, dex, eve, vee, vex.
	-3 letters: de, ed, ex.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-v-x"
	+2 letters: unvexed, vexedly.
	+3 letters: videotex.
	+4 letters: excavated, exudative, exuviated, overmixed, oversexed, overtaxed, videotext.
	+5 letters: overexpand, overextend, videotexes, videotexts.
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