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Definition of vexed in English: vexedadjective ˈvɛkstvɛkst 1attributive (of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic. the vexed question of how much money the government is going to spend Example sentencesExamples - One of the most vexed issues with regard to the media concerns the coverage of the statements and actions of terrorist groups.
- The cost overrun factor as well as the vexed issue of rehabilitation of displaced problem continued to delay the project time and again.
- This is a vexed question about which there is much debate, and until there is a satisfactory resolution, Australian higher education will not attain the desired standards of international excellence.
- At the heart of this problem lies the vexed question for the judiciary of separating policy issues from legal issues, and this is well illustrated by the impossibility of accepting the orthodox view of judicial independence at face value.
- These days, though, we're all deafened not just by the advancing years, but by the ticking of our biological clocks, and fertility is a vexed issue for exactly the opposite reasons.
- Public loos have been a vexed issue in the town for some time and council has been grappling with plans to build new public toilets in the caravan park, but that's hit a snag.
- But the appearance of financial cronyism, allied to the vexed issue of government extravagance on failing computer systems, does not sit well with the chancellor's austere image.
- These legal issues lead into politico-legal questions such as the vexed issue of compliance: there are clearly serious difficulties involved in making states live up to their legal obligations.
- The subsidies have been a vexed issue between the two biggest trading blocs in the world and a source of anger among developing countries, who claim they are being shut out of western markets.
- Sources expect there is little chance of agreement between the two sides on the vexed issue of overtime, expected to hit 64 million this year.
- The south will be looking for movement on the vexed issue of the separated families, even if that only extends to the provision of enhanced communications.
- What remains a vexed issue, however, is evolving the right module that can be integrated into the lifestyles of the police.
- The announcement is not before time, considering the many tedious months of procrastination and prevarication there have been over this vexed issue.
- Part of the attraction for journalists, Walsh suggests, is that the drama broaches the vexed issue of the way in which news is compartmentalised.
- The second issue that arises deals with the somewhat vexed problem of the collateral evidence rule.
- The management of irony and sincerity - their proper apportioning, their containment and release - is the vexed issue of this novel, as of so many contemporary works.
- One prompt for this project was a meeting of senior Scottish businessmen and politicians earlier this year on the vexed issue of how the country attracts and retains talented individuals.
- The themes that underlie this vexed issue in France are as evident here: this is the latest chapter in a long and troubled history of how liberalism interacts with religion in Europe.
- It will establish how the nation will contend with the vexed question of hired-in labour to replace the efforts of locals.
- All these issues meet in the vexed question of governance.
Synonyms disputed, in dispute, contested, in contention, contentious, debated, debatable, open to debate, open to question, questionable, at issue, open to doubt, controversial, moot, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, undecided, yet to be decided, undetermined, unconcluded, ongoing problematic, problematical, taxing, knotty, thorny, ticklish, delicate informal sticky, dicey, hairy, iffy British informal dodgy 2Annoyed, frustrated, or worried. Example sentencesExamples - He certainly did get more annoyed and vexed than other people seemed to, when things didn't quite go his way.
- She was starting to feel a bit vexed and it displeased her greatly.
- With that Cheni sighed in frustration, vexed at having him not be able to understand him.
- I was actually mad at this new French boss - miffed, annoyed, vexed - about getting promoted.
- Something that makes me surprised, astonished, vexed and angry is that there are persons and gangs year after year who appear to have a kind of license to cheat foreign tourists.
- Retyping the name and checking the spelling, Velsen got frustrated and was quite vexed at the computer.
- A fairly large crowd had gathered, including even Peter, who looked both vexed and worried at the same time.
- As his voice trailed I became more irritated, vexed at how he refused to answer me, let alone really pay attention to me.
Synonyms annoyed, irritated, angry, irate, furious, incensed, inflamed, enraged, infuriated, maddened, fuming, wrathful, choleric, exasperated, piqued, irked, nettled, ill-humoured, hot-tempered, testy, cross, in a bad mood, in a temper, in high dudgeon, huffy, in a huff, put out, fed up, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, frustrated, resentful upset, perturbed, fretted, bothered, troubled, worried, agitated, harassed, harried, flustered, distressed informal aggravated, peeved, miffed, miffy, mad, riled, hacked off, peed off, hot under the collar, foaming at the mouth British informal browned off, cheesed off, brassed off, not best pleased, narked, eggy North American informal teed off, ticked off, sore, steamed West Indian informal vex vulgar slang pissed off North American vulgar slang pissed literary ireful archaic snuffy, wrath
Derivatives adverb ˈvɛksɪdli The more we learn of Tagore and his work, the more we come to realize that access to his inner nature is vexedly labyrinthine, despite the prolificacy and profundity of his writings. Example sentencesExamples - It stands, therefore, inert on our shelves or lies vexedly thumbed on our tables, and it will continue so until we learn to use it as it was intended we should.
- The evening found me sitting at the kitchen table, vexedly staring down into a large aluminum bowl containing our weekly share from the CSA farm.
- I was 12 years-old and my mother, in the kitchen, vexedly called to my father: ‘What's he doing now?’
- The author intercedes here, explaining that the history of the famed knight of La Mancha has been vexedly cut off at this point where the two combatants are about to deliver each other a mortal blow.
Definition of vexed in US English: vexedadjectivevekstvɛkst 1attributive (of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic. the vexed question of exactly how much money the government is going to spend Example sentencesExamples - The themes that underlie this vexed issue in France are as evident here: this is the latest chapter in a long and troubled history of how liberalism interacts with religion in Europe.
- The management of irony and sincerity - their proper apportioning, their containment and release - is the vexed issue of this novel, as of so many contemporary works.
- This is a vexed question about which there is much debate, and until there is a satisfactory resolution, Australian higher education will not attain the desired standards of international excellence.
- Sources expect there is little chance of agreement between the two sides on the vexed issue of overtime, expected to hit 64 million this year.
- But the appearance of financial cronyism, allied to the vexed issue of government extravagance on failing computer systems, does not sit well with the chancellor's austere image.
- What remains a vexed issue, however, is evolving the right module that can be integrated into the lifestyles of the police.
- It will establish how the nation will contend with the vexed question of hired-in labour to replace the efforts of locals.
- The subsidies have been a vexed issue between the two biggest trading blocs in the world and a source of anger among developing countries, who claim they are being shut out of western markets.
- These legal issues lead into politico-legal questions such as the vexed issue of compliance: there are clearly serious difficulties involved in making states live up to their legal obligations.
- The second issue that arises deals with the somewhat vexed problem of the collateral evidence rule.
- All these issues meet in the vexed question of governance.
- Part of the attraction for journalists, Walsh suggests, is that the drama broaches the vexed issue of the way in which news is compartmentalised.
- Public loos have been a vexed issue in the town for some time and council has been grappling with plans to build new public toilets in the caravan park, but that's hit a snag.
- These days, though, we're all deafened not just by the advancing years, but by the ticking of our biological clocks, and fertility is a vexed issue for exactly the opposite reasons.
- One prompt for this project was a meeting of senior Scottish businessmen and politicians earlier this year on the vexed issue of how the country attracts and retains talented individuals.
- The south will be looking for movement on the vexed issue of the separated families, even if that only extends to the provision of enhanced communications.
- The announcement is not before time, considering the many tedious months of procrastination and prevarication there have been over this vexed issue.
- At the heart of this problem lies the vexed question for the judiciary of separating policy issues from legal issues, and this is well illustrated by the impossibility of accepting the orthodox view of judicial independence at face value.
- The cost overrun factor as well as the vexed issue of rehabilitation of displaced problem continued to delay the project time and again.
- One of the most vexed issues with regard to the media concerns the coverage of the statements and actions of terrorist groups.
Synonyms disputed, in dispute, contested, in contention, contentious, debated, debatable, open to debate, open to question, questionable, at issue, open to doubt, controversial, moot, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, undecided, yet to be decided, undetermined, unconcluded, ongoing 2Annoyed, frustrated, or worried. Example sentencesExamples - Retyping the name and checking the spelling, Velsen got frustrated and was quite vexed at the computer.
- With that Cheni sighed in frustration, vexed at having him not be able to understand him.
- He certainly did get more annoyed and vexed than other people seemed to, when things didn't quite go his way.
- A fairly large crowd had gathered, including even Peter, who looked both vexed and worried at the same time.
- I was actually mad at this new French boss - miffed, annoyed, vexed - about getting promoted.
- She was starting to feel a bit vexed and it displeased her greatly.
- Something that makes me surprised, astonished, vexed and angry is that there are persons and gangs year after year who appear to have a kind of license to cheat foreign tourists.
- As his voice trailed I became more irritated, vexed at how he refused to answer me, let alone really pay attention to me.
Synonyms annoyed, irritated, angry, irate, furious, incensed, inflamed, enraged, infuriated, maddened, fuming, wrathful, choleric, exasperated, piqued, irked, nettled, ill-humoured, hot-tempered, testy, cross, in a bad mood, in a temper, in high dudgeon, huffy, in a huff, put out, fed up, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, frustrated, resentful
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