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verb

Vex v. t. (past & past part. vexed; pres. part. vexing)

To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. "White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars."

To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. "I will not vex your souls." "Ten thousand torments vex my heart."

To twist; to weave. (R.) "Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom."

Synonyms: See Tease.

Vex v. i. To be irritated; to fret. (R.)

adjective

Vexed adj.

Annoyed; harassed; troubled.

Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question.

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Etymology of 'Vexed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vexed" Quotes from Famous Books

... running by the side of Dubuche, who came at the fag-end, very vexed at not having had another quarter of an hour to finish a ...

— His Masterpiece • Emile Zola

... every name he called, came back to him. "I never met with such insolence," said he, "but I'll revenge myself;" and he ran up and down among the trees, trying to find the supposed offender, but he could see no one. Vexed and disappointed, he hastened home and told his mother that a bad boy had hidden in the woods and called him all sorts ...

— The Pearl Box - Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People • "A Pastor"

... to the young lady in surprise, and there was something in Georg's manner that vexed her. Peter took little notice of Henrica; he was talking with Van Hout about the letters from the Glippers asking a surrender, three of which had already been brought into the city, of the uncertain disposition of some members of the council and the ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... of arriving," went on Monsieur Vaucher. "I come to tell Madame how the ground lies in this city. It is, you see, a place vexed with various politics, an arena of trivialities. In other words, Madame, the best place in the world for ...

— The Second Class Passenger • Perceval Gibbon

... made Parting to-day a double pain: First because it was parting; next Because the ill it ended vexed And mocked me from the past again. Not as what had been remedied Had I gone on,—not that, ah no! But ...

— Aspects of Literature • J. Middleton Murry

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