half-vexed

vexed

[vekst]
adjective
1.
irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
2.
much discussed or disputed: a vexed question.
3.
tossed about, as waves.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see vex, -ed2

vex·ed·ly [vek-sid-lee] , adverb
vex·ed·ness, noun
half-vexed, adjective
un·vexed, adjective
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Half-vexed is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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vexed (vɛkst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  annoyed, confused, or agitated
2.  much debated and discussed (esp in the phrase a vexed question)
 
vexedly
 
adv
 
'vexedness
 
n

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vexed
mid-15c., pp. adj. from vex. Phrase vexed question attested from 1848.
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