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vexatious

3 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, vexatious means causing vexation or annoyance.

Meanings of vexatious

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.

  2. legalof an actionCommenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.

    “a vexatious lawsuit”

  3. legalof a partyentityIn the habit of starting vexatious litigation and therefore liable to have restraints placed on one's ability to access the courts.

    “a vexatious litigant”

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicFull of trouble or disquiet

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adjective: causing irritation or annoyance
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Words that rhyme with vexatious

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