Need another word that means the same as “vexatious”? Find 24 synonyms for “vexatious” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Vexatious” are: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexing, irksome, displeasing, infuriating, maddening, exasperating, provoking, grating, jarring, harassing, tiresome, troublesome, niggling
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “vexatious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| annoying | Causing irritation or annoyance. Unsolicited calls are annoying. |
| bothersome | Causing irritation or annoyance. Most childhood stomach aches though bothersome aren t serious. |
| displeasing | Causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable. It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama. |
| exasperating | Intensely irritating and frustrating. His cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating. |
| galling | Causing irritation or annoyance. Found it galling to have to ask permission. |
| grating | Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. The continual praise of the good old days can become grating. |
| harassing | Characterized by or using aggressive pressure or intimidation. The employee may feel paranoid even when the harassing party is not in the room. |
| infuriating | Extremely annoying or displeasing. That infuriating half smile on his face. |
| irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. What an irksome task the writing of long letters is. |
| irritating | Serving to stimulate or excite. Bites of black flies are more than irritating they can be very painful. |
| jarring | Making or causing a harsh and irritating sound. The van came to a jarring halt. |
| maddening | Extremely annoying or displeasing. The ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening. |
| nettlesome | Causing annoyance or difficulty. Nettlesome regional disputes. |
| niggling | (informal) small and of little importance. A dispute over niggling details. |
| pesky | Causing irritation or annoyance. A pesky younger brother. |
| pestering | Causing irritation or annoyance. Swarms of pestering gnats. |
| pestiferous | Harbouring infection and disease. The pestiferous area around the prison. |
| plaguey | Causing irritation or annoyance. Plaguey fevers. |
| plaguy | Troublesome or annoying. It was crazy to hope that good might come out of this plaguy mess. |
| provoking | Giving rise to the specified reaction or emotion. Laughter provoking. |
| teasing | Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)- Lawrence Durrell. Teasing comments. |
| tiresome | Causing one to feel bored or annoyed. Weeding is a tiresome but essential job. |
| troublesome | Causing difficulty or annoyance. Schools are removing troublesome pupils. |
| vexing | Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry. The most vexing questions for policymakers. |
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