vexatious (adj.)
- aggravating
- annoying
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- crushing
- disturbing
- exasperating
- galling
- grueling
- heavy
- hefty
- importunate
- irksome
- irritating
- mean
- onerous
- oppressive
- painful
- pesky
- pestering
- pestiferous
- pestilent
- pestilential
- plaguey
- provoking
- teasing
- tiresome
- troublesome
- troubling
- troublous
- trying
- ugly
- vexing
- wearisome
- wicked
- worrisome
- worrying