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vexed 音标拼音: [v'ɛkst] a. 焦急的,生气的,为难的,恼怒的,争论不休的 焦急的,生气的,为难的,恼怒的,争论不休的 vexed adj 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" [ synonym: { annoyed}, { harassed}, { harried}, { pestered}, { vexed}] 2: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; " the vexed issue of priorities"; " we live in vexed and troubled times" Vexed \ Vexed\, a. 1. Annoyed; harassed; troubled. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question. [ 1913 Webster]
Vex \ Vex\ ( v[ e^] ks), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Vexed} ( v[ e^] kst); p. pr. & vb. n. { Vexing}.] [ F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry. See { Vehicle}.] 1. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. [ 1913 Webster] White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. " I will not vex your souls." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Ten thousand torments vex my heart. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To twist; to weave. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: See { Tease}. [ 1913 Webster] 47 Moby Thesaurus words for " vexed": aggravated, angry, annoyed, anxious, beset, bothered, browned- off, bugged, burnt- up, chafed, distressed, disturbed, dogged, embarrassed, exasperated, fretted, galled, griped, harassed, harried, haunted, hounded, huffy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, persecuted, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put- out, puzzled, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, sore beset, tormented, troubled, worried, worried sick, worried stiff
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