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Vexed vs Discontented - What's the difference?

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Vexed is a related term of discontented.


As adjectives the difference between vexed and discontented

is that vexed is annoyed, irritated or distressed while discontented is experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.

As a verb vexed

is (vex).

vexed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • annoyed, irritated or distressed
    • She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.
  • much debated, discussed or disputed
    • the vexed question of whether or not to kiss on a first date

    Quotations

    * 1990 — , Eric , p 72 *: He would be left in no doubt that they were annoyed. He might even go so far as to deduce that they were quite vexed .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (vex)

    • discontented

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.
    • After her injury, Alice was a discontented woman.
  • Of or pertaining to discontent.
    • He lived a discontented life.
  • * 1912 , :
    • Clara, like many self-willed and discontented persons, was really very apt, without knowing it, to do as other people told her, and to let her destiny be decided for her by intelligences much below her own.