vexing

adjective

vex·​ing ˈvek-siŋ How to pronounce vexing (audio)
: causing or likely to cause vexation : vexatious
a vexing problem
vexingly adverb

Examples of vexing in a Sentence

the constantly changing schedule was somewhat vexing, but I coped
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That representation, which spanned three decades, included some of Haiti’s most high profile and emblematic legal cases, with the names of victims and abusers alike reading like a who’s who in the country’s vexing political trajectory. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025 The Central Park Conservancy, which has restored and managed the park for four decades, has higher ambitions: for Central Park to be a civic laboratory committed to confronting some of the more vexing urban policy challenges of our time. Betsy Smith, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025 The most vexing global problems require science and technology advances that are beyond the ability of any single country. Mark Zachary Taylor, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025 That could help deflect the essentially nationalist ambitions of China and Russia, and provide useful education to those at the top of the new Trump administration regarding the Arctic’s vexing controversies but undeniable importance. Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vexing

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vexing was in 1569

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“Vexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vexing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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vexing

adjective
: causing or likely to cause vexation : vexatious
a vexing problem

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