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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. causing irritation or annoyance;
- Example: "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"
- Example: "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"
- Example: "found it galling to have to ask permission"
- Example: "an irritating delay"
- Example: "nettlesome paperwork"
- Example: "a pesky mosquito"
- Example: "swarms of pestering gnats"
- Example: "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"
- Example: "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"
- Example: "a vexatious child"
- Example: "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
[syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See Vexation.]
   1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a
      vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. "Continual
      vexatious wars." --South.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Full of vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
      [1913 Webster]

            He leads a vexatious life.            --Sir K.
                                                  Digby.
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   Vexatious suit (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of
      giving trouble, or without cause.
      [1913 Webster] -- Vex*a"tious*ly, adv. --
      Vex*a"tious*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vexatious
    adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying
           rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
           particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
           galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
           delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
           "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety
           catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";
           "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you
           are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling,
           irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering,
           pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
           vexatious, vexing]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "vexatious":
   aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, bothering,
   bothersome, burdensome, crushing, disturbing, exasperating,
   galling, grueling, harassing, heavy, hefty, importunate, importune,
   irking, irksome, irritating, mean, onerous, oppressive, painful,
   pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
   plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting,
   troublesome, troubling, troublous, trying, ugly, vexing, wearisome,
   wicked, worrisome, worrying