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Vexed vs Ropeable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between vexed and ropeable

is that vexed is annoyed, irritated or distressed while ropeable is able to be roped and so restrained.

As a verb vexed

is past tense of 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)

    • ropeable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ropable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be roped and so restrained.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
  • * 1903 , Tom Collins ( , 2004, page 19,
    • ?On?t ole Martin be ropeable when he sees that fence!
  • * 2003 , Dal Stivens, Jimmy Brockett: Portrait of a Notable Australian , page 115,
    • As soon as I hit the cold air I got even more ropeable . The garage door caught when I was dragging it back and I gave it a God-almighty heave. There was a sharp crack and it came off the hinges.
    I wanted to smash something, tear something apart with my bare hands, aet fire to the bloody house.
  • * 2009 , Sean Dooley, Cooking with Baz , page 115,
    • The phone rang a couple of hours later and it was Di. I have never heard her more ropable in my life; it is the only tongue-lashing I ever remember getting from her and it was excoriating.
  • * 2009 , Roberta Williams, Roberta Williams: My Life , unnumbered page,
    • I was already angry that he had gone out and left me to clean all his shit up but to then find out he had gone off to see his little tart got me even more ropeable .
  • * 2011 , Christopher Green, New Toddler Taming , page 2,
    • As the weeks wore on and the toddler?s tantrums continued, the mother reached her wits? end and the father became ropeable .

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