The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SORE , but the solution may also be ANNOYING which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Vexatious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SORE | 21 % | 4 |
| THORNY | 16 % | 6 |
| PESKY | 16 % | 5 |
| IRKSOME | 11 % | 7 |
| MEAN | 11 % | 4 |
| WEARIFUL | 5 % | 8 |
| NASTY | 5 % | 5 |
| TRYING | 5 % | 6 |
| ANNOYING | 5 % | 8 |
| MADDENING | 5 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Vexatious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- irritating
- annoying
- bothersome
- disagreeable
- galling
- pestering
- pestiferous
- vexing
- pesky
- nettlesome
- teasing
- plaguey
Crossword Answer definitions
SORE noun- An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
- Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
- To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
- Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
- Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
- Dire; distressing.
- Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
- Criminal; wrong; evil.
- Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
- Sorely.
- A group of ducks on land.
- A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
- A young buck in its fourth year.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SORE
- Aching
- Hot under the collar
- Saddle ____ (equestrian's woe)
- Ticked
- Ticked off
- Inflamed and painful
- Painful place
- Steamed
- Tender
- Touchy
More clues leading to the result THORNY
- Like rosebushes
- Vexatious
- Difficult
- Not easy to solve
- Problematic
- Prickly
- Tough to figure out
- Sticky
- Complex, as a predicament
- Complicated, as a problem
More clues leading to the result PESKY
- Negative adjective in infomercials
- Troublesome
- Persistently annoying
- Bothersome
- Like a gnat
- Like Dennis the Menace
- Annoying
- Irritating
- Impish
- Irksome
More clues leading to the result IRKSOME
More clues leading to the result MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty
More clues leading to the result WEARIFUL
More clues leading to the result NASTY
- Malicious
- Painful
- Particularly unpleasant
- Bitter
- Foul-smelling
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Foul-tasking
- Vile
- Janet Jackson, 1986
More clues leading to the result TRYING
- Making an effort
- Extremely irritating
- Hard to be
- Making and effort
- Vexatious.
- Adjective for these days.
- Exasperating.
- Hard on the patience.
- Taxing
- Hard to endure