annoyed, irritated or distressed
She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.
much debated, discussed or disputed
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 controversies have been waged in other places than in Natal.
simple past and past participle of vex
From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex + -ed.
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