Usually means: Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry.
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  1. vexing: Merriam-Webster
  2. vexing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. vexing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Vexing, vexing: Wordnik
  5. vexing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. vexing: Wiktionary
  7. vexing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. vexing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. vexing: Dictionary.com
  10. vexing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Vexing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. vexing: Rhymezone
  13. Vexing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. vexing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. vexing: FreeDictionary.org
  16. vexing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. vexing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vexing: Legal dictionary

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  1. vexing: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vexing)

▸ adjective:  Causing annoyance or pain; irritating.
▸ noun:  vexation

Similar:
vexatious, plaguy, pesky, exasperating, plaguey, nettlesome, bothersome, annoying, maddening, infuriating, more...

Opposite:
calming, relaxing, soothing

Phrases:
most vexing parse, playfully vexing, vexing puzzle, more...

Adjectives:
most, least, staid, thin, sadder, further

Colors:
    crimson,     charcoal,     olive,     mustard,     burgundy, more...



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Similar:
vexatious, plaguy, pesky, exasperating, plaguey, nettlesome, bothersome, annoying, maddening, infuriating, more...

Opposite:
calming, relaxing, soothing

Phrases:
most vexing parse, playfully vexing, vexing puzzle, more...

Adjectives:
most, least, staid, thin, sadder, further

Colors:
    crimson,     charcoal,     olive,     mustard,     burgundy, more...



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