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vexed
(encz) | vexed,otravovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vexed
(encz) | vexed,ožehavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vexed
(encz) | vexed,rozmrzelý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vexed
(gcide) | Vexed \Vexed\, a.
1. Annoyed; harassed; troubled.
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2. Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed
question.
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Vexed
(gcide) | Vex \Vex\ (v[e^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vexed (v[e^]kst); p.
pr. & vb. n. Vexing.] [F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to
vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr.
vehere, vectum, to carry. See Vehicle.]
1. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
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White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
--Pope.
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2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to
irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to
trouble; to tease. "I will not vex your souls." --Shak.
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Ten thousand torments vex my heart. --Prior.
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3. To twist; to weave. [R.]
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Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom.
--Dryden.
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Syn: See Tease.
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vexed
(wn) | vexed
adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her
poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
[syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered,
vexed]
2: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much
disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed
and troubled times" |
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vexed
(encz) | vexed,otravovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožvexed,ožehavý adj: Zdeněk Brožvexed,rozmrzelý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Convexed
(gcide) | Convexed \Con"vexed\ (? or ?), a.
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Convexedly
(gcide) | Convexedly \Con*vex"ed*ly\, adv.
In a convex form; convexly. --Sir T. Browne.
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Convexedness
(gcide) | Convexedness \Con*vex"ed*ness\, n.
Convexity.
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Unvexed
(gcide) | Unvexed \Unvexed\
See vexed. |
vexed
(wn) | vexed
adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her
poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
[syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered,
vexed]
2: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much
disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed
and troubled times" |
VEXED QUESTION
(bouvier) | VEXED QUESTION, vexata quaestio. A question or point of law often discussed
or agitated, but not determined nor settled.
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