vexed
adjective
irritated; annoyed.
half-vexed
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a word derived from
vexed.
Example Sentences
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“Oh, you are a dreadful Roundhead!” answered Alethea, in a half-vexed tone, though she laughed at the same time.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston
This seemed to me the wildest possible perversion of the Puritan instinct for self-condemnation and, half-vexed, I attempted some expostulation.
From Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“Just because I am in a hurry to tell Jerry she will probably go to dinner off the campus and come marching in about nine o’clock,” was her half-vexed rumination.
From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Pauline Lester
"Say," Jonathan hesitated, looking half-vexed at the lovely, angry face.
From The Last Trail by Zane Grey
But presently he said, with a half-embarrassed, half-vexed laugh, "Need we sit so far from one another?"
From Quisanté by Anthony Hope
