What is another word for vexing ?

enough to try the patience of a saint

Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

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“This is most vexing and I think a serious clarification of our respective roles in this relationship should be undertaken, pronto.”

Adjective

Tending to cause anxiety or concern

unfavorable^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

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Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

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Adjective

Highly disturbing in nature

sombre^UK

somber^US

unfavorable^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

gray^US

grey^UK

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Adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

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Adjective

too difficult to understand

Hard to comprehend mentally

full of twists and turns

difficult to understand

ravelled^UK

impossible to understand

raveled^US

gray^US

grey^UK

not easily understood

too hard to understand

all Greek to you

double Dutch

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Verb

getting in someone's hair

(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

rubbing up the wrong way

giving someone the hump

driving mad

driving crazy

driving nuts

making someone see red

getting on someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

getting on your nerves

getting someone's back up

getting someone's dander up

getting someone's goat

getting someone's hackles up

getting someone's wick

getting under someone's skin

getting up your nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's hackles rise

making your blood boil

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

getting under your skin

making somebody's hackles rise

getting on one's nerves

embarrassing

baiting

molesting

driving round the bend

rubbing the wrong way

freaking out

confusing

driving to distraction

driving round the twist

giving someone the pip

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

making anxious

getting up someone's nose

getting your dander up

hurting somebody's feelings

hitting where one lives

getting your hackles up

driving bananas

giving a bad time

breathing down someone's neck

getting across someone

tantalizing^US

putting someone off their stroke

taking the wind out of your sails

jangling

setting one's teeth on edge

tantalising^UK

trying the patience of

acerbating

rubbing you up the wrong way

driving you up the wall

victimizing^US

tyrannizing^US

terrorizing^US

criticizing^US

sticking in one's craw

criticising^UK

causing discomfort to

dampening the spirits of

putting the squeeze on

wearing

obsessing

terrorising^UK

causing concern to

bending someone's ear

making discontented

eating up

getting a rise out of

putting a damper on

victimising^UK

getting on the wrong side of

zinging

tyrannising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

running up the wrong way

causing anxiety

throwing off

arousing hostility in

causing resentment to

resenting

setting someone's teeth on edge

pushing someon's buttons

pushing one's buttons

making restless

tangling

making someone scratch their head

occupying thoughts

dampening spirits

disorientating

rattling someone's chain

breaking the heart of

paralysing^UK

making an enemy of somebody

putting someone off their stride

making self-conscious

making someone fed up

bringing pressure to bear on

filling with consternation

knocking sideways

paralyzing^US

fouling up

throwing into a tizzy

pushing the buttons of

making it hot for someone

beating

sticking the knife into

making things hot for someone

getting the knife into

upsetting the applecart

grudging

snubbing

making livid

driving you out of your mind

shattering

driving you off your head

driving you round the twist

driving out of mind

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

making severe demands on

treading on someone's toes

giving the cold shoulder

giving a zinger

preying on

making desolate

taking the heart out of

abasing

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

shattering the illusions of

jumping on one's case

making someone eat humble pie

getting one's comeuppance

causing someone to lose their composure

satirizing^US

causing to lose heart

busting someone's balls

keeping complaining to

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

ruling with a rod of iron

bringing under the yoke

riding roughshod over

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

putting on

slinging off at

taking the piss out of

twisting someone's arm

prevailing on

having someone do something

putting the screws on

using strong-arm tactics on

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“On the contrary, eating too little implies a lack of mannerliness, which may vex the host.”

Verb

To be inspiring boredom

Verb

firing the imagination of

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

energizing^US

galvanising^UK

catalyzing^US

catalysing^UK

lighting a fire under

fueling^US

firing the enthusiasm of

fanning the flames of

realizing^US

mobilizing^US

starting the ball rolling

realising^UK

firing with enthusiasm

bearing

setting up

mobilising^UK

zipping up

getting someone going

organizing^US

favouring^UK

favoring^US

giving a shot in the arm to

giving shot in arm

determining

getting things rolling

organising^UK

being responsible for

acting as a stimulus to

having as a consequence

acting as an incentive to

equaling^US

equalling^UK

breathing new life into

giving a buzz

nourishing

powering

adding fuel to the flames

raising the morale of

stimulating spiritually

giving confidence to

boosting morale

giving hope to

lifting the spirits of

stiffening the resolve of

giving a shot in the arm

giving someone a kick

building a fire under

biasing^US

biassing^UK

acting as a incentive to

giving the incentive to

whetting one's appetite

being partly responsible for

leaving the door open to

laying the foundations of

laying the first stone of

getting in operation

getting off the ground

getting the ball rolling

getting something functioning

getting under way

getting something working

setting the ball rolling

putting on cloud nine

putting on top of the world

giving a lift to

letting the sun shine in

succouring^UK

coming into existence

succoring^US

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Verb

making someone scratch their head

Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

setting someone thinking

blowing your mind

going to your head

causing to be at a stand

messing with one's head

making your head spin

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

ravelling^UK

baulking^UK

raveling^US

balking^US

stopping someone in their tracks

knocking out

boggling the mind

screwing up

knocking the stuffing out of

taking your breath away

making more difficult

making difficulties

hitting like a ton of bricks

miring

knocking over

distracting from

knocking over with feather

throwing into a tizzy

filling with amazement

knocking senseless

abashing

hitting

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

giving a shock

causing wonder

putting at a loss

taking the wind out of your sails

striking with awe

causing to lose your bearings

putting out of action

sweeping someone off their feet

colouring^UK

coloring^US

throwing up smoke screen

clouding the issue

throwing a veil over

muddying the waters of

rendering unintelligible

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“A thousand such questions as these would vex even the most motivated reader.”

Verb

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Noun