Vexed

What it means

1. (verb) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
2. (verb) To annoy, irritate.
3. (verb) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
4. (verb) To twist, to weave.
5. (verb) To be irritated; to fret.
6. (verb) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
7. (adjective) Annoyed, irritated or distressed “She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.”
8. (adjective) Much debated, discussed or disputed

Letter analysis

• Vexed contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
• It uses 4 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 16.

Sub-words

• eve
• vex

Related words

Other 5-letter words

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• aback
• abaft
• abase
• abash
• abate
• abbey
• abbot
• abeam
• abets
• abhor
• abide
• abler
• abode
• abort
• about
• above
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Words starting with VEX

• vex
• vexation
• vexations
• vexatious
• vexes
• vexing

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Words ending with XED

• affixed
• annexed
• axed
• boxed
• climaxed
• coaxed
• detoxed
• faxed
• fixed
• flexed
• flummoxed
• fluxed
• foxed
• hexed
• hoaxed
• indexed
• jinxed
• maxed

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