English-Thai Dictionary

vexatious

ADJ ซึ่ง กังวลใจ  ซึ่ง ระคายเคือง  ซึ่ง วุ่นวายใจ  sueng-kang-won

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VEXATIOUS

a. 1. Irritating; disturbing or agitating to the mind; causing disquiet; afflictive; as a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.
2. Distressing; harassing; as vexatious wars.
3. Full of trouble and disquiet.
He leads a vexatious life.
4. Teasing; slightly troublesome; provoking.
A vexatious suit, in law, is one commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause.

 

VEXATIOUSLY

adv. In a manner to give great trouble or disquiet.

 

VEXATIOUSNESS

n.The quality of giving great trouble and disquiet, or of teasing and provoking.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VEXATIOUS

Vex *a "tious, a. Etym: [See Vexation. ]

 

1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. "Continual vexatious wars." South.

 

2. Full or vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed. He leads a vexatious life. Sir K. Digby. Vexatious suit (Law ), a suit commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, or without cause. -- Vex *a "tious *ly, adv. -- Vex *a "tious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vexatious

vex a tious |vekˈsāSHəs vɛkˈseɪʃəs | ▶adjective causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry: the vexatious questions posed by software copyrights. • Law denoting an action or the bringer of an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant. DERIVATIVES vex a tious ly adverb, vex a tious ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

vexatious

vex |atious |vɛkˈseɪʃəs | ▶adjective causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry: the vexatious questions posed by software copyrights. • Law denoting an action or the bringer of an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant. DERIVATIVES vexatiously adverb, vexatiousness noun

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vexatious

vexatious adjective he had been left in a very vexatious position: annoying, vexing, irritating, irksome, displeasing, infuriating, maddening, exasperating, provoking, galling, rankling, grating, jarring, harassing, harrying, bothersome, tiresome, troublesome, niggling; upsetting, perturbing, worrying, worrisome, trying, taxing, distressing, traumatic, unsettling, unpleasant; difficult, awkward, problematic, inconvenient, lamentable, deplorable; informal aggravating.