vexatious

Modifies a noun

• litigant: The Certification Officer is given powers to deal with vexatious litigants.
• allegation: Individuals who make malicious or vexatious allegations may be liable to disciplinary action.
• litigation: Sounds the way things are going... or has anyone heard of ' vexatious litigation ' ?
• prosecution: Top of page Vexatious Prosecutions There may be occasions when the right of the private prosecutor to start criminal proceedings is abused.
• request: The Council can also reserve the right to refuse any repeated or vexatious requests.
• complaint: A fee will also help to deter frivolous or vexatious complaints.

Modifying Another Word

• not: The New York proceedings were not vexatious or oppressive.
• very: To be neglected before one's time must be very vexatious; but it was entirely the mother's fault.
• even: In certain circumstances a request may be deemed repeated or even vexatious and the information need not be provided.
• equally: Equally vexatious, then, must be the problem of " good " .
• particularly: This is particularly vexatious for literary critics, since it appears to ignore issues of stylistic difference.

Used with adjective complement

• become: There is a case for introducing some restriction on repeated applications to develop the same site, as these could also become vexatious.
• consider: If the applicants filed a further application within a short period it might be considered vexatious.