vexatious
Vexatious describes something that drives you crazy. The kid you're babysitting refusing to go to bed might be vexatious, for example.
Something vexatious, pronounced "veks-AY-shus," is irritating or annoying, like an itch in the middle of your back that you can't reach, or a task that you need to do for work. You can also describe something that's worrying you as vexatious, like a parent's vexatious thoughts the first time a child drives the car alone. Vexatious is also a legal term. It describes a lawsuit meant to annoy, with no hope of winning the suit.
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causing irritation or annoyance“a vexatious child”synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, grating, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexingdisagreeablenot to your liking
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In 1831, French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States. In this book, he records his impressions of the customs and culture of the young nation. Read Volume One of the text translated by Henry Reeve, here. Here are links to our lists for the book: Introduction–Chapter 5, Chapters 6–9, Chapters 10–15, Chapters 16–17, Chapter 18
Mr. Earnshaw adopts the orphan Heathcliff and takes him to live at his home Wuthering Heights, setting in motion a chain of events that will haunt the Earnshaw family for generations. Here are our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–9, Chapters 10–14, Chapters 15–20, Chapters 21–26, Chapters 27–30, Chapters 31–34
When a passenger is murdered on a stalled train, detective Hercule Poirot must investigate which of the other passengers committed the crime.