Synonyms for vexatious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vek-sey-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : vɛkˈseɪ ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for vexatious
Définition of vexatious
Origin :- 1530s; see vexation + -ous. Related: Vexatiously; vexatiousness.
- adj distressing, bothersome
- At last the vexatious work was finished, and he was free again.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I was still wrestling with this vexatious question when I came to my mother's house.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It is too long to write—and too vexatious” (this word was half erased), “troublesome.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- It's vexatious, when one has the wherewithal to pay for wetting his whistle!
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- To Wellington this was perhaps the most vexatious of all things in that vexatious time.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- I suppose it is vexatious to him to be kept out of his money.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- Of course, one must always pay the price, usually a vexatious one.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- As he is the weaker, the Vole is obliged to submit to this vexatious tax.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
- We are quoted as a vexatious question, and the eyes of the world are upon us.
- Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
- This thing had happened before, causing a vexatious break in his routine.
- Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
Antonyms for vexatious
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