Main entry: vexed
Definition: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
Usage: the vexed issue of priorities; we live in vexed and troubled times
Main entry: harassed, harried, pestered, vexed, annoyed
Definition: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
Usage: harassed working mothers; a harried expression; her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions; the vexed parents of an unruly teenager