VEXATIOUS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

vexatious

adjective

vek-ˈsā-shəs

Definition of vexatious

as in annoying

causing annoyance those vexatious phone calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour

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Recent Examples of vexatious The federal vexatious litigator statute allows the court to impose sanctions on a case by case basis for vexatious conduct. — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2026 Decades later, he was declared a vexatious litigant by the High Court, Federal Court and Queensland Supreme Court, a label that barred him from filing any more claims. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 Both were armed with their own social media companies, spewing ad hominem attacks, with vexatious claims playing out in public. — Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025 Its reflexive lawsuit is frivolous and vexatious without merit. — Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for vexatious

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Adjective

Adults’s Gen-Z characters tend to see their comforts as transient, their identities as mutable, and seriousness as an annoying obligation, all of which the second season pokes at a bit.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Fluctuating estrogen levels can disrupt the nerves responsible for your sense of scent, leading to this symptom that’s equally bizarre and annoying.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoying

Adjective

At this point in the draft, every RB has questions, but volume remains king, and Harvey could be in a frustrating battle for touches all season.

— Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Bohm’s Phillies career has been sometimes frustrating, sometimes exciting, sometimes perplexing.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of frustrating

Adjective

His irritating habit of starting each meeting with the ping of a bell reinforces his personality.

— Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
The larger battery gives it the sort of range that makes an EV genuinely useful for long-distance driving, while the interior avoids some of the irritating touchscreen-heavy trends found elsewhere.

— Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of irritating

Adjective

Last awards season, the gossip around town, salacious and disturbing in equal measure, was that hotel suites all over Hollywood were populated by tailors taking in gowns coming straight off the runway.

— Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
The disturbing situation came to light after a tree fell on the home during a storm.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of disturbing

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