vexed in WordNet English dictionary

1. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
   "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
   annoyed  harassed  harried  pestered  vexed 
   
2. causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
   "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"
   vexed