Synonyms for vexatious
- adjective
Most common
annoying irritating troublesome bothersome harassing perverse thorny
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Annoying
annoying, troublesome, pesky informal, irritating, bothersome, irksome, wearisome, burdensome, vexing, painful, aggravating, teasing, galling, untoward, pestilential, provoking, cruddy, drippy, pestiferous, plaguy, nettlesome
2. Vexed — full of trouble or disquiet
Definitions
- adj. 1
Full of trouble or disquiet
- adj. 2
Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
Related words
- Word family
- vexatiously vexatiousness vex vexation
Example sentences
- annoying When one is sick, visitors can be rather annoying.
- irritating My neighbor's dog's constant barking is irritating.
- troublesome Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
- bothersome Why are misogynists such bothersome creatures?
- harassing Yanni was harassing another girl who lived there.
- perverse Layla was victim to Sami's every perverse whim.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vexatious | falling | |
| annoying | rising | |
| irritating | rising | |
| troublesome | falling | |
| bothersome | steady | |
| harassing | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 5 letters
- pesky2, vexed1
- 6 letters
- thorny2, vexing2, drippy, cruddy2, plaguy
- 7 letters
- painful2, annoyed2, teasing2, galling2, irksome2
- 8 letters
- annoying3, harassed2, perverse2, untoward3
- 9 letters
- provoking3, harassing3, wearisome3
- 10 letters
- irritating4, distressed2, burdensome3, bothersome3, nettlesome3
- 11 letters
- troublesome3, aggravating4, pestiferous
- 12 letters
- pestilential
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pesky2 = 2 syllables).