Meaning

4 senses
  1. Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.

    ärgerlich, lästig, verdrießlich

    раздража́ющийrazdražájuščij

    causing irritation or annoyance

  2. Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.

    a vexatious lawsuit

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

    a vexatious litigant

  4. (archaic)Full of trouble or disquiet

    беспоко́йныйbespokójnyj

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The lawsuit was dismissed as vexatious and meritless.

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  2. Tom's vexatious behavior led to him being banned from the bar.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
causing vexation:
full of trouble or disquiet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
causing vexation:

Origin

a 1650 vexation + -ous

a 1650 vexation + -ous

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Forms

more vexatious, most vexatious
Comparativemore vexatious Lesson
Superlativemost vexatious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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