English-German translations for vexed

• cholerisch
• heikel
• knifflig
• umstritten
  – Herr Präsident! Wie Sie den zahlreichen irischen Redebeiträgen wahrscheinlich entnehmen konnten, handelt es sich hier um ein Thema, das in meinem Land sehr umstritten ist. Mr President, as you have probably gathered from the number of Irish contributors, this is a very vexed issue in my own country.
  Auf diesen Beschluss bin ich recht stolz, denn ich erinnere mich, dass er zu Beginn des Jahres sehr umstritten und problematisch war. I take a degree of pride in that decision, because I knew at the beginning of the year that it was a vexed and controversial one.
• verzwickt

Definition of vexed

• annoyed, irritated or distressed
• much debated, discussed or disputed

Examples

• She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.

Related words

• vex
• convex
• convexity
• vexing
• vexatious
• vexillology
• biconvex
• convex-concave
• planoconvex