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vex
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vɛks
/
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veks
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to irritate; annoy; provoke:
His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
2.
to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry:
Lack of money vexes many.
3.
to discuss or debate (a subject, question, etc.) with vigor or at great length:
to vex a question endlessly without agreeing.
4.
to disturb by motion; stir up; toss about.
5.
to afflict with physical pain.
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Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
vexen
<
Old French
vexer
<
Latin
vexāre
to shake, jolt, harass, annoy, frequentative of
vehere
to carry, convey
Related forms
vex·er,
noun
vex·ing·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
1.
anger, irk, fret, nettle.
2.
hector, harry, harass.
Antonyms
1.
delight.
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World English Dictionary
vex
(vɛks)
—
vb
1.
to anger or annoy
2.
to confuse; worry
3.
archaic
to agitate
[C15: from Old French
vexer,
from Latin
vexāre
to jolt (in carrying), from
vehere
to convey]
'vexer
—
n
'vexing
—
adj
'vexingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
vex
early 15c., from M.Fr. vexer, from L. vexare "to attack, harass, trouble," from vexus, collateral form of vectus, pp. of vehere "to draw, carry" (see
vehicle
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Similar problems
vex
local housing agencies across the country.
It is fundamental to the immediate problems which
vex
the nation today.
To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to
vex
and
torment them to no purpose.
Further scrutiny of financial companies might
vex
the government as much as the
firms themselves.
One factor that continues to
vex
us is determination of original volumes.
The problem of unwanted e-mail messages, or spam, continues to
vex
computer users and security professionals.
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"Oh, to
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me, contraries meet in one:
Inconstancy unnaturally hath begot
A constant habit; that when I would not
I change in vows, and in devotion.
As humorous is my contrition
As my profane Love, and as soon forgot:
As ridlingly distempered, cold and hot,"
-John Donne
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