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vex
- pronunciation:
- veks
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
vexed, vexes, vexing |
| definition 1: |
to annoy or irritate.
The long wait for their food vexed the customers.The traffic at the bridge entrance vexed the taxi driver.Something about her tone of voice vexed him that morning.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, gall, irk, irritate, miff, nettle, plague, rile, trouble, worry
- antonyms:
- soothe
- similar words:
- aggravate, anger, chafe, cloud, exasperate, gripe, harass, hound, nag, offend, peeve, pester, pique, provoke, rasp, ruffle, torment
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| definition 2: |
to puzzle or worry.
She was vexed by her daughter's hostility.- synonyms:
- bother, disquiet, disturb, perturb, puzzle, trouble, upset, worry
- similar words:
- afflict, baffle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, distress, mystify, perplex, plague
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| related words: |
badger, bait, beset, concern, devil, eat, gnaw, harry, incense, madden, persecute, pose, trouble, worry |
| derivations: |
vexingly (adv.), vexer (n.) |
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