OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21768

vexed

/ˈvɛkst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
irritado • molesto
annoyed, irritated or distressed
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.
She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.
debatido • discutido
much debated, discussed or disputed
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 festi…
The question, however, as to whether rinderpest bile is capable of producing the disease in a herd innoculated with it is a very vexed one, and round this point heated controversie…
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