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verb

variants also vext
past tense of vex
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Recent Examples of vexed
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
Verb
This, in turn, caused people to desert the label in droves, furious that a streaming service had the power to dictate who got popular or vexed that new artists making emo rap and other genre-fusions were included. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024 There’s a puzzling tension inherent in these amplitudes — one that has vexed generations of quantum physicists going back to Feynman and Schwinger themselves. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vexed 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vexed
Adjective
  • Why some Democrats are annoyed: Some Democrats have expressed frustration over the Harris campaign’s messaging, especially on the economy.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Purnell plays Rhiannon Lewis, a bored, annoyed, average woman who struggles at work and in romance.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • They cannot be bothered with solving the day-to-day needs-to-survive of their charges.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • What really bothered me wasn't so much losing my job, but that BorgWarner continued to do business in Russia while I was being held prisoner there.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Each executive pushes their own agenda, leaving teams confused about what really matters and where to focus their efforts.
    Chaitra Vedullapalli, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Myth of Being Busy In the modern workplace, there’s a troubling trend where busyness is confused with productivity.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Clinically proven to soothe and calm irritated skin in just ten seconds, this serum offers rapid relief from redness and discomfort.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
  • However, one of you is a night owl who stays up looking at their phone, while the other is a light sleeper who gets irritated at the blue light in their face.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The bans follow an onslaught of viral TikTok memes showing exasperated teens re-creating slipping on Crocs and tripping in their school hallways—a trend even Crocs acknowledged on the social media platform.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The mighty Roosevelt Johnson pulls a dual role as the exasperated ghost of Pap and the despicable Uncle Rev.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The post-election dynamic is reminiscent of a famous gathering of tech titans at Trump Tower in December 2016, a month after Trump’s first upset win in a presidential race, when some of the same executives braced themselves for unpredictable policy shifts.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • One major upset came when longtime House Speaker Scott Saiki lost to progressive Kim Coco Iwamoto, potentially signaling an ideological shift in Hawaii’s Democratic Party.
    Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • But his future was in question after the party suffered its worst election defeat in more than a decade, losing support from voters angry about corruption scandals and the rising cost of living.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • He was charged with the single felony count of aggravated possession of child pornography that day and posted a $50,000 bond on Monday.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The teenager was arrested Wednesday and is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, possession of a handgun by a juvenile and a sentence-enhancing charge for an aggravated juvenile offender, the district attorney’s office said in a news release Friday.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024

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“Vexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vexed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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