vexed
adj/ˈvɛkst/
Etymology
From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.
- inherited from vexed
Definitions
annoyed, irritated or distressed
- She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.
- He would be left in no doubt that they were annoyed. He might even go so far as to deduce that they were quite vexed.
much debated, discussed or disputed
- The question, however, as to whether rinderpest bile is capable of producing the disease in a herd innoculated with it is a very vexed one, and round this point heated controversies have been waged in other places than in Natal.
- I leave aside the vexed questions about whether one or two peploi were woven and presented to Athena during the Greater (every four years) and Lesser (every year) Panathenaic festivals […]
simple past and past participle of vex
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at vexed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at vexed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at vexed
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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