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vexatious 音标拼音: [vɛks'eʃəs] a. 叫人发急的,为难的,着急的,无根据的 叫人发急的,为难的,着急的,无根据的 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" [synonym: {annoying}, {bothersome}, {galling}, {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky}, {pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing}, {vexatious}, {vexing}] 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. [1913 Webster] {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] 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
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