vexed

• POS: Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

vexed, a. 

•  Annoyed; harassed; troubled.  [1913 Webster]
•  Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vexed, adj.
1 irritated, angered.
2 (of a problem, issue, etc.) difficult and much discussed; problematic.

Derivative

vexedly adv.

THESAURUS

vexed

aggravated, angry, annoyed, anxious, beset, bothered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, chafed, distressed, disturbed, dogged, embarrassed, exasperated, fretted, galled, griped, harassed, harried, haunted, hounded, huffy, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, persecuted, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put-out, puzzled, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, sore beset, tormented, troubled, worried, worried sick, worried stiff