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 |
| MEAN | 11 % | 4 |
| IRKSOME | 11 % | 7 |
| ANNOYING | 5 % | 8 |
| MADDENING | 5 % | 9 |
| WEARIFUL | 5 % | 8 |
| NASTY | 5 % | 5 |
| TRYING | 5 % | 6 |
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 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 IRKSOME
More clues leading to the result ANNOYING
More clues leading to the result MADDENING
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