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1. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
   "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
   - annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered
    
2. Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
   "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"

1. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
   - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark [Brit], nettle, gravel [US], chafe, devil
    
2. Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
   - worry
    
3. Change the arrangement or position of
   - agitate, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
    
4. Subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation
   "vex the subject of the death penalty"
    
5. Be a mystery or bewildering to
   "a vexing problem"
   - perplex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

See also: difficult, hard, troubled, vexation, vexer

Type of: bedevil, befuddle, cark, confound, confuse, debate, deliberate, discombobulate, disorder, displace, displease, disquiet, distract, fox, fuddle, move, perturb, throw, trouble, unhinge

Encyclopedia: Vex Vex, Switzerland