[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vex \vex\ ve^ks, v. t. imp.  p. p. vexed ve^kst; p.
   pr.  vb. n. vexing. f. vexer, l. vexare, vexatum, to
   vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr.
   vehere, vectum, to carry. see vehicle.
   1. to toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
      1913 webster

            white curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to
      irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to
      trouble; to tease. "i will not vex your souls." --shak.
      1913 webster

            ten thousand torments vex my heart.   --prior.
      1913 webster

   3. to twist; to weave. r.
      1913 webster

            some english wool, vexed in a belgian loom.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   syn: see tease.
        1913 webster
see also:
vexed vexing vehicle tease 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vexed \vexed\, a.
   1. annoyed; harassed; troubled.
      1913 webster

   2. much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed
      question.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vexed
     adj 1: 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" syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered
     2: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much
        disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in
        vexed and troubled times"
see also:
annoyed harassed harried pestered 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

47 moby thesaurus words for "vexed":
   aggravated, angry, annoyed, anxious, beset, bothered, browned-off,
   bugged, burnt-up, chafed, distressed, disturbed, dogged,
   embarrassed, exasperated, fretted, galled, griped, harassed,
   harried, haunted, hounded, huffy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated,
   miffed, nettled, peeved, persecuted, perturbed, piqued, plagued,
   provoked, put to it, put-out, puzzled, resentful, riled, roiled,
   ruffled, sore beset, tormented, troubled, worried, worried sick,
   worried stiff

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