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Definition of 'vex'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) vex
to irritate; annoy; provoke:
was told to stop vexing the dog.

2.  vex
to torment; trouble; distress; worry:
vexed by many problems.

3.  vex
to discuss or debate (a subject, question, etc.) with vigor or at great length.

4.  vex
to disturb by motion; stir up; toss about.

Etymology: (1375–1425; < OF vexer < L vexāre to shake, jolt, annoy)

Definition of 'vex'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

2. (verb) worry, vex
disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
"I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"

3. (verb) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
change the arrangement or position of

4. (verb) vex
subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation
"vex the subject of the death penalty"

5. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

Definition of 'vex'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) vex
to to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet

2. (verb) vex
to make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease

3. (verb) vex
to twist; to weave

4. (verb) vex
to be irritated; to fret

Translation of 'vex'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to annoy or distress (a person) There were no other problems to vex us.
Afrikaans: kwel	Arabic: يُغيظ	Bulgarian: безпокоя
Brazilian: aborrecer	Czech: trápit	German: ärgern
Danish: ærgre	Greek: ενοχλώ, βασανίζω, εκνευρί	Spanish: vejar
Estonian: tuska tegema	Farsi: آزار دادن	Finnish: harmittaa
French: vexer	Hebrew: לְהַצִיק	Hindi: गुस्सा करना
Croatian: uznemirivati,žalostiti	Hungarian: zaklat	Indonesian: mengganggu
Icelandic: angra, ergja	Italian: infastidire	Japanese: いらだたせる
Korean: 짜증나게 하다	Lithuanian: erzinti, nervinti	Latvian: kaitināt; nelikt miera
Malay: menyakitkan hati	Dutch: plagen	Norwegian: irritere, plage, opprøre
Polish: dokuczać, dręczyć	Portuguese: incomodar	Romanian: a supăra, a necăji
Russian: досаждать; раздражать	Slovak: znepokojovať, trápiť	Slovenian: jeziti
Serbian: uznemiriti	Swedish: förarga, besvära, irriter	Thai: ก่อกวน
Turkish: kızdırmak, sinirlendirmek	Taiwanese: 使不快或惱怒	Ukrainian: надокучати, дратувати
Urdu: تنگ کرنا	Vietnamese: làm bực mình	Chinese: 使烦恼
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