vexed

  • (s) troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
    • harassed working mothers
    • a harried expression
    • her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
    • the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
    harassed, harried, pestered, annoyed,
  • (s) causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
    • the vexed issue of priorities
    • we live in vexed and troubled times

Synonyms

harassed harried pestered annoyed

Words of close approximity

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