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BNC: 42850 COCA: 22122

— vexing

adjective [more vexing; most vexing]
BNC: 42850 COCA: 22122

vexing

adjective

vex·​ing ˈvek-siŋ How to pronounce vexing (audio)
: causing or likely to cause vexation : vexatious
a vexing problem
vexingly adverb

Example Sentences

the constantly changing schedule was somewhat vexing, but I coped
Recent Examples on the Web Making matters still more vexing is the 800-pound gorilla of shipping: Amazon Prime and its same-day delivery. Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2017 One of the most vexing questions about the dysfunction of Congress is why lawmakers cannot find common ground on big issues facing the country when convincing data suggests there is broad public consensus about what should be done. New York Times, 8 July 2022 Congress should insist that U.S. trade policy actually address the most vexing challenge that working families face: the decline of their purchasing power. Stephanie Murphy, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 For Washington, the windfall that federal lawmakers granted to states over the past two years has proved to be one of its most vexing fiscal challenges in the still-simmering pandemic. Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2022 But another legacy may be that DACA is an illustration of a creative problem-solving approach to what was really a very vexing issue in immigration law. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022 From the simplest of perspectives, studying nutrition in ultrarunning is so vexing because of the exercise durations involved. Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2020 As climate change intensifies, septic failures are emerging as a vexing issue for local governments. Jim Morrison, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2022 Perhaps even more vexing than Wiggins’ offense, though, has been his defense. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vexing was in 1569
BNC: 42850 COCA: 22122

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