vexatious

[ vek-sey-shuhs ]
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adjective
  1. causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.

  2. Law. (of legal actions) instituted without sufficient grounds and serving only to cause annoyance to the defendant.

  1. full of unease or turmoil; troubled.

Origin of vexatious

1
First recorded in 1525–35; vexati(on) + -ous

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Opposites for vexatious

Other words from vexatious

  • vex·a·tious·ly, adverb
  • vex·a·tious·ness, noun
  • non·vex·a·tious, adjective
  • non·vex·a·tious·ly, adverb
  • non·vex·a·tious·ness, noun
  • un·vex·a·tious, adjective
  • un·vex·a·tious·ly, adverb
  • un·vex·a·tious·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for vexatious

vexatious

/ (vɛkˈseɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. vexing or tending to vex

  2. vexed

  1. law (of a legal action or proceeding) instituted without sufficient grounds, esp so as to cause annoyance or embarrassment to the defendant: vexatious litigation

Derived forms of vexatious

  • vexatiously, adverb
  • vexatiousness, noun

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