vexed

Adjective

• causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
  • the vexed issue of priorities
    
  • we live in vexed and troubled times
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  annoyed , harassed , harried , pestered