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

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

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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

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

unfavorable^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

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Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

colourful^UK

colorful^US

ill-humored^US

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

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Adjective

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

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

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Adjective

too difficult to understand

Hard to comprehend mentally

full of twists and turns

difficult to understand

impossible to understand

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

not easily understood

gray^US

grey^UK

all Greek to someone

double Dutch

beats me

too hard to understand

laboured^UK

labored^US

skilful^UK

skillful^US

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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

making somebody's hackles rise

getting under your skin

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

getting on one's nerves

concerning

depressing

molesting

driving round the bend

insulting

rubbing the wrong way

discomfiting

driving to distraction

driving round the twist

giving someone the pip

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting up someone's nose

getting your dander up

hurting somebody's feelings

hitting where one lives

getting your hackles up

getting across someone

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

jangling

trying the patience of

setting one's teeth on edge

acerbating

rubbing you up the wrong way

scandalising^UK

working up

driving you up the wall

victimizing^US

sticking in one's craw

getting a rise out of

victimising^UK

getting on the wrong side of

causing discomfort to

running up the wrong way

causing resentment to

setting someone's teeth on edge

pushing someon's buttons

chiding

pushing one's buttons

arousing hostility in

tangling

trolling

occupying thoughts

making someone scratch their head

fearing

sweating

inciting

rattling someone's chain

making an enemy of somebody

terrorizing^US

breaking the heart of

bringing pressure to bear on

leaning on

pressurising^UK

rending

making someone fed up

pushing the buttons of

making it hot for someone

hunting

terrorising^UK

beating

exiling

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

upsetting the applecart

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

shattering

driving you off your head

driving you round the twist

making severe demands on

treading on someone's toes

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

dispraising

giving a zinger

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

taking the heart out of

impeding

hindering

bending someone's ear

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

satirizing^US

pulling someone's leg

taking the piss out of

satirising^UK

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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

mobilising^UK

getting someone going

bribing

counseling^US

counselling^UK

twisting someone's arm

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

adding fuel

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

bielding

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

putting the screws on

commending

railroading into

bulldozing into

biasing^US

biassing^UK

digging

burning

building a fire under

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

turning

colouring^UK

putting on cloud nine

putting on top of the world

giving a lift to

letting the sun shine in

succouring^UK

bringing pressure to bear on

carrying weight with

cutting any ice with

making yourself felt with

bringing pressure to bear upon

coloring^US

succoring^US

coming into existence

materialising^UK

crystallising^UK

lifting

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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

stopping someone in their tracks

ravelling^UK

baulking^UK

raveling^US

balking^US

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

knocking over with feather

filling with amazement

throwing into a tizzy

hitting

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

giving a shock

chagrining

causing wonder

taking the wind out of your sails

striking with awe

causing to lose your bearings

putting out of action

making emotional

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

filling with consternation

Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

taking the wind out of your sails

dampening the spirits of

putting someone off their stroke

setting someone back on their heels

making self-conscious

putting someone off their stride

shattering the illusions of

causing to lose heart

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

putting out of countenance

causing someone to lose their composure

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Verb

bringing someone to their knees

Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

riding roughshod over

bringing under the yoke

putting the squeeze on

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

Verb

Present participle for to effectively force (someone) to do something

Noun

being rubbed up the wrong way

The act of deliberately pestering or annoying someone

offence^UK

offense^US

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Noun