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vexing

[veks]

verb (used with object)

to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.

to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry: Lack of money vexes many.

to discuss or debate (a subject, question, etc.) with vigor or at great length: to vex a question endlessly without agreeing.

to disturb by motion; stir up; toss about.

to afflict with physical pain.

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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Example Sentences

The issue is vexing police because there is no agreement on what level of drugs in the blood impairs driving.

It was a bit vexing because things always seemed to get off to a good start.

He discusses the vexing question of how to define hard-paste porcelain.

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The issue is vexing police because there is no agreement on what level of drugs in the blood impairs driving.

It was a bit vexing because things always seemed to get off to a good start.

He discusses the vexing question of how to define hard-paste porcelain.

The lack of fingerprints can cause vexing social problems, which are magnified because few people have heard of the condition.

Of al the many mysteries of modern astronomy, none is more vexing than the nature of.

Knowing how to measure the rise, however, can be vexing.

Even more vexing was the weariness and pain he felt each evening, when he finally had a chance to rest his limbs.

If the issue involves a president, the response can be even more vexing.

All the outside encouragments to talk about talking about intractable differences can quickly become quite vexing.

Sometimes it takes a small, focused company to solve a vexing design dilemma.

The combined tree-ring record is valuable because it overcomes a vexing problem with many modern climate observations:.

Most vexing are those who don't take their medications as prescribed.

Fibromyalgia is a vexing condition for both patients and doctors.

But the issue of how to dress is vexing for a number of reasons beyond the cost.

Vexing dilemmas would attend this showdown in space.

Perhaps one day this will be less vexing and confusing an issue.

One of the more vexing questions concerns copyright.

Dealing with a vexing neighbor and correcting a factual error through carbon copy.

Riding the rails to a land that needs fixing, where the sun shines so brightly, the heat was quite vexing.

Bouncing back from insults, slights, or the endless forms of bullying is one of life's more vexing challenges.

Pinning cancer on trace levels of poisons in the environment or even in the workplace is turning out to be a vexing task.

In this respect it can provide a fresh disciplined scientific approach to many vexing questions.

Many imported plants and animals have become vexing problems for ecosystems.

It could provide an unusual instance of a technical solution to a vexing social problem.

One manager there had a system to get rid of the vexing backlog, federal officials say.

And, indeed, it would be quite as vexing if it came from a less able lot.

But the vexing questions of this war have pulled them in different directions.

Some lawyers, however, say the use of the law raises vexing legal issues and could create even more work for municipal courts.

Both cases are examples of a vexing problem increasingly facing communities around the country.

Keeping the world safe from armed zealots is more vexing than developing six-pack abs.

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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*

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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).

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"Hats have never at all been one of the vexing problems of my life, but, indifferent as I am, these render me speechless. I should think a well-taught and tasteful American milliner would go mad in England, and eventually hang herself with bolts of green and scarlet ribbon—the favorite colour combination in Liverpool."

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