vexed
adjective/vekst/
/vekst/
- vexed question/issue a problem that is difficult to deal with synonym thorny
- The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.
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- vexed (at/with somebody/something) (old-fashioned) upset or annoyed
- Are you vexed with me?
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