Vexed
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: annoyed, irritated or distressed much debated, discussed or disputed
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To trouble aggressively, to harass.
Troubled
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: anxious, worried, careworn
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
Example sentence: The Democratic Media Complex, in its pursuit of Orwellian hate-crime legislation, reparations, and sundry non-ameliorative resolutions to America's troubled racial past, pursues its victims with blood lust.