vexing

[ vek-sing ]
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adjective
  1. irritating, provoking, or annoying:Automatic file recovery reintroduced errors already corrected at the proofing stage—which was very vexing.

  2. tormenting, troubling, or distressing:She came to see racism as her country's most vexing problem.

Origin of vexing

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Other words from vexing

  • vex·ing·ly, adverb

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