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Recent Examples of vexatious But what used to be a vexatious burden is now a source of daily torment. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2024 Belarus sits like a large ellipsis at the center of Europe, an authoritarian puzzle to much of the outside world, worrying to its immediate neighbors, and a vexatious ally to Russia. Andrew Wilson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012 Ragweed, mesquite, junipers and Russian olive trees produce less showy flowers but some of the most vexatious airborne irritants. The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023 But the stay-at-home orders designed to stop a viral spread for months also evaporated some of the more vexatious things city dwellers endure, including snarls of slow-moving tourists, long lines for MetroCard vending machines and, perhaps most notably, traffic. New York Times, 29 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for vexatious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vexatious
Adjective
  • Other non-native ephemerals, such as lesser celandine, are more annoying and more recent arrivals.
    Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Going on a first date while an unnamed, unseen troll pings you personal memes that escalate from annoying to homicidal?
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • For many people, these medications provide a way out of the frustrating cycle of dieting and regaining weight.
    Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Those interest rates matter, because of the frustrating math of inflation.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Going Overboard with Outdoor Lighting Light pollution can be just as irritating as that dog down the street who barks like clockwork for 30 minutes every night.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
  • New York, though, continued to use its newfound abilities to turn defense into offense with the irritating McBride starting in place of Brunson.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Other times, Claude’s mental activity seems super disturbing and maybe even dangerous.
    Steven Levy, Wired News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Just as disturbing and bizarre, at least one juror originally didn’t want to convict Zeigler at all and didn’t vote to do so until after that same judge ordered the bailiff to give her a Valium.
    Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Vexatious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vexatious. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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