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Word entry · 5 letters

vexed

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"Hard to settle"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɛkst/Part of speech adjectiveSorted deevxStarts with VEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed

Word origin

From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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 […]

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