Synonyms of vexed

vexed 1 of 2

adjective

ˈvekst 

as in annoyed

subjected to and reacting with irritation

my dog was clearly vexed with me for having been gone all week, and hardly greeted me when I came home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• irritated
• bothered
• exasperated
• upset
• angry
• aggravated
• displeased
• infuriated
• frustrated
• irritable
• peeved
• troubled
• angered
• disturbed
• irked
• galled
• mad
• indignant
• outraged
• scunnered
• narked
• distressed
• perturbed
• sore
• irate
• put out
• riled
• peevish
• fretful
• resentful
• inflamed
• ireful
• provoked
• irascible
• tormented
• tortured
• cantankerous
• teed off
• petulant
• enflamed
• testy
• snappish
• churlish
• rankled
• grumpy
• plagued
• dyspeptic
• huffy
• steaming
• cross
• bilious
• harassed
• harried
• grouchy
• disapproving
• touchy
• badgered
• shirty
• bristly
• bedeviled
• snuffy
• roiled
• persecuted
• tested
• choleric
• piqued
• crabby
• tried
• ill-humored
• inconvenienced
• hassled
• fussy
• pestered
• cranky
• bearish
• pinpricked
• haggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• happy
• satisfied
• content
• delighted
• calm
• serene
• placid
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

vexed

2 of 2

verb

variants also vext

past tense of vex

1

as in bothered

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

my coworkers' loud, endless conversations vexed me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• bothered
• irritated
• exasperated
• provoked
• plagued
• irked
• aggravated
• infuriated
• peeved
• nettled
• got
• teased
• bugged
• got to
• riled
• worried
• persecuted
• chafed
• galled
• angered
• griped
• roused
• burned (up)
• ruffled
• itched
• piqued
• burnt (up)
• unsettled
• ate
• narked
• spited
• wore on
• grated
• frosted
• put out
• rasped
• hacked (off)
• harassed
• offended
• rubbed the wrong way
• maddened
• enraged
• nagged
• got on one's nerves
• stuck in one's craw
• outraged
• insulted
• upset
• hassled
• got one's goat
• harried
• disquieted
• heckled
• set one's teeth on edge
• incensed
• badgered
• inflamed
• perturbed
• enflamed
• agitated
• pestered
• discomforted
• rankled
• distressed
• miffed
• antagonized
• affronted
• discomposed
• undid
• roiled
• fretted
• baited
• unhinged
• exercised
• deviled
• bullyragged
• ballyragged
• freaked (out)
• devilled
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• appeased
• pleased
• mollified
• delighted
• pacified
• satisfied
• gratified
• placated
• assured
• conciliated
• propitiated
• reassured
• contented
• comforted
• gladdened
• cheered
• quieted
• soothed
• consoled
• solaced

2

as in confused

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

a mystery novel that is sure to vex even the canniest readers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• puzzled
• perplexed
• embarrassed
• got
• bewildered
• baffled
• befuddled
• stumped
• upset
• confounded
• mystified
• flummoxed
• rattled
• bemused
• discombobulated
• muddled
• bothered
• posed
• disoriented
• mazed
• bamboozled
• fuddled
• muddied
• befogged
• addled
• foxed
• buffaloed
• gravelled
• graveled
• beat
• dismayed
• disconcerted
• discomfited
• blew one's mind
• disquieted
• nonplussed
• mortified
• stuck
• nonplused
• flustered
• unsettled
• perturbed
• abashed
• went to one's head
• distressed
• stunned
• disturbed
• discomforted
• agitated
• weirded out
• chagrined
• fazed
• discountenanced
• discomposed
• misled
• deceived
• fooled
• unhinged
• beguiled
• deluded
• misguided
• humbugged
• duped
• tricked
• cozened
• strung along
• gulled
• hoodwinked
• snowed
• hoaxed
• took in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• assured
• informed
• reassured
• enlightened

Examples of vexed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The briefing occasionally descended into shouting between Jean-Pierre and vexed reporters who said the White House has not been straight with them about Biden’s health. —Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 8 July 2024

Rocking all-black and a bandana to cover his nose and mouth, Abel displays the same vexed anger as his controversial Tedros character from HBO’s The Idol, which had the plug pulled after one season. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024

One difference is that the political climate is more vexed. —Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023

As clutches laid by those snakes failed to contain any crimson hatchlings, vexed breeders agreed that they’d been conned. —Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024