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vexed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin vexōbor. Old French vexerbor. Middle English vexen Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed Middle English vexed English vexed From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.

Meanings

  1. annoyed, irritated or distressed
    • She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.
    • He would be left in no doubt that they were annoyed. He might even go so far as to deduce that they were quite vexed. 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, page 72:
  2. much debated, discussed or disputed
    • The question, however, as to whether rinderpest bile is capable of producing the disease in a herd innoculated with it is a very vexed one, and round this point heated controversies have been waged in other places than in Natal. 1901 December 6, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Rinderpest”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 20, page 610:
    • I leave aside the vexed questions about whether one or two peploi were woven and presented to Athena during the Greater (every four years) and Lesser (every year) Panathenaic festivals […] 2004, Mary Stieber, The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai:

Forms

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most vexed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more vexed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

vexedly · vexedness · unvexed

Translations (26)

ckb زیز (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · cs zapeklitý (much debated, discussed or disputed) · cs rozmrzelý (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · bg сърдит (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · bg ядосан (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · fr épineux (much debated, discussed or disputed) · fr controversé (much debated, discussed or disputed) · fi ärsyyntynyt (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · bg спорен (much debated, discussed or disputed) · gv boirit (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · fr contrarié (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · es debatido (much debated, discussed or disputed) · es irritado (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · fi ärtynyt (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · cs ošemetný (much debated, discussed or disputed) · th หงุดหงิด (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · de umstritten (much debated, discussed or disputed) · fr fâché (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · es molesto (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · fi kiistanalainen (much debated, discussed or disputed) · fr ennuyé (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · cs ožehavý (much debated, discussed or disputed) · cs otrávený (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · ar زَعْلَان (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · hi तंग (annoyed, irritated or distressed) · es discutido (much debated, discussed or disputed)

vexed en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin vexōbor. Old French vexerbor. Middle English vexen Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed Middle English vexed English vexed From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of vex
    form of vex