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Excruciating vs Vexatious - What's the difference?

excruciating | vexatious |

As adjectives the difference between excruciating and vexatious

is that excruciating is causing great pain or anguish, agonizing while vexatious is causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.

excruciating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
    • the nation's most excruciating dilemma -- W. H. Ferry (rfdate)
  • Exceedingly intense; extreme

    • Related terms

    * cruciate * excruciate * excruciatingly

    vexatious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
  • (archaic) Full of trouble or disquiet; harassed; distressed; annoyed; vexed.
  • * Sir K. Digby
    • He leads a vexatious life.
  • (legal, of an action) Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.
    • a vexatious lawsuit

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * vexatious suit * vexatiously * vexatiousness

    Related terms

    * vex * vexation

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