Vexed
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

GOT

ATE
Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

MAD
Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

4 letters

RODE

WORE

IRED

GAED

SORE
An open skin infection

WORN
Affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

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TRIED
Tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"

IRKED

ANGRY
Feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

RILED
Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

IRATE
Feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words"

ATEAT

HUFFY
Roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

BORED
Tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air"

INAPT
Not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

UPSET
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

FAZED
Caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections"

EATEN

HARSH
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"

TIRED
Depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

6 letters

UNEASY
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

ABUSED
Subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife"

BUGGED
Having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices; "wired hotel rooms"; "even the car is bugged"

HURTED

TIRING
Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

WEARED

BORING
The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

PEEVED
Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

MIFFED
Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

NETTED
Having open interstices or resembling a web

GALLED
Painful from having the skin abraded

TRIFID
Divided into three lobes; "trifid petals"

TRYING
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

TEASED
Feeling mild pleasurable excitement

SPITED

RIDDEN

PLAGUY
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

PLAGED

PAINED
Hurt or upset; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression"

NAGGED

BEATEN
Much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path"

PIQUED

RASPED

GROUND
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

GRATED

CHAFED
Painful from having the skin abraded

GOTTEN

7 letters

SUBDUED
Not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"

ANGERED
Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"

EXCITED
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

FRETTED
Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework

GRINDED

RUFFLED
Shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying"

RASPING
Uttering in an irritated tone

WORRIED
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

WEARING
The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"

GALLING
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

GRATING
Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

TEASING
The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

NAGGING
Continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

PLAGUED

PAINFUL
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

DEVILED

ANNOYED
Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

NETTLED
Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

HARRIED
Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"

FRETFUL
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

HASSLED

RANKLED

ABRADED

UNHAPPY
Generalized feeling of distress

IRKSOME
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

HAUNTED
Inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"

AWKWARD
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"

PRESSED
Compacted by ironing

NEEDLED
Of trees whose leaves are acerate

PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

GRIPPED

HURTFUL
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

ABUSIVE
Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

ANNOYED

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DISMAYED
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation

INSULTED

BOTHERED
Caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections"

TORTURED
Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"

INFLAMED
Lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"

AGITATED
Troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

MADDENED
Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"

BURDENED
Bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"

NEEDLESS
Unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

SPIRITED
Willing to face danger

PEPLEXED

HAUNTING
Continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy

PRESSING
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

WEARYING
Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

BADGERED