vexatious
[vek-sey-shuh s]
- causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
- Law. (of legal actions) instituted without sufficient grounds and serving only to cause annoyance to the defendant.
- disorderly; confused; troubled.
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Origin of vexatious
Synonyms
See more synonyms for vexatious on Thesaurus.com1. disturbing, provoking, irritating.
Antonyms
1. delightful.
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Examples from the Web for vexatious
Contemporary Examples
In vexatious Latin America, they knew that a blue chip ego was an asset.
Historical Examples
At last the vexatious work was finished, and he was free again.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
I was still wrestling with this vexatious question when I came to my mother's house.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
It is too long to write—and too vexatious” (this word was half erased), “troublesome.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
It's vexatious, when one has the wherewithal to pay for wetting his whistle!
The DownfallEmile Zola
To Wellington this was perhaps the most vexatious of all things in that vexatious time.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
vexatious
- vexing or tending to vex
- vexed
- law (of a legal action or proceeding) instituted without sufficient grounds, esp so as to cause annoyance or embarrassment to the defendantvexatious litigation
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Word Origin and History for vexatious
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