Antonyms for vexed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : vekst

Phonetic Transcription : vɛkst

Definition of vexed

Origin : mid-15c., past participle adjective from vex. Phrase vexed question attested from 1848.

verb distress, bother

Example sentences :

Master was vexed and anxious—almost angry, and yet full of solicitude.
Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens

"Mother, don't be vexed with a fellow," he said more gently.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He was not vexed that he had made her cry, but vexed that she cried.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Don't be vexed at what I say; I know you advise for my good; but you do not know how I feel in this matter.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

He was vexed with the young volunteer and vexed with himself.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

She had been vexed by Ned's admiration for me; and yet—and yet she didn't understand.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

He was the Cacique of the Sun and he was vexed because he had not been called earlier.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

For he was vexed at the scratches he had got in the struggle.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

I was vexed and puzzled, and distressed, too, after sending John away as I had done.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

In the end I was vexed, and resolved to be even with her by not visiting the wood for some time.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Synonyms for vexed

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