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Vexed vs Unvexed - What's the difference?

vexed | unvexed |

As adjectives the difference between vexed and unvexed

is that vexed is annoyed, irritated or distressed while unvexed is not vexed.

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)

    • unvexed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not vexed.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1901, author=Elizabeth Stoddard, title=The Morgesons, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He took up a paper, bowed to me with an unvexed air, and read a column or so. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Camilla Kenyon, title=Spanish Doubloons, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Yet even though unvexed by this gruesome knowledge, after two or three days I noticed that Cookie was ill at ease. }}