1.irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
2.much discussed or disputed: a vexed question.
3.tossed about, as waves.
“Was she vexed by the loss, the free and unasked-for revival of gossip by the man who had helped her cross the river and who was her friend as well as Baby Suggs'”
Beloved by Toni Morrison (Page 199)
