Vex
[veks] or [vɛks]
Definition
(verb.) subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; 'vex the subject of the death penalty'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
(v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
(v. t.) To twist; to weave.
(v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Tease, torment, plague, harass, worry, harry, hector, distress, annoy, trouble, fret, provoke, offend, irritate, gall, chafe, displease, molest, pester, bother, badger.[2]. Disturb, disquiet, agitate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tease, irritate, provoke, plague, torment, tantalize, bother, worry, pester,trouble, disquiet, afflict, harass, annoy
ANT:Soothe, appease, gratify, quiet, please
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Definition
v.t. to harass: to torment: to irritate by small provocations: to agitate: to contest.—v.i. (obs.) to be vexed.—n. (Scot.) a trouble.—n. Vexā′tion a vexing: state of being vexed: trouble: a teasing annoyance: uneasiness.—adj. Vexā′tious causing vexation or annoyance: harassing: full of trouble.—adv. Vexā′tiously.—n. Vexā′tiousness.—adj. Vexed amazed.—n. Vex′er.—adj. Vex′ing.—adv. Vex′ingly so as to vex or annoy.—n. Vex′ingness.—Vexatious suit (law) a suit begun without justifiable cause.
Editor: Lou
Examples
- I do not want to vex you; and besides, we must speak gently, for mamma is asleep; but your whole manner offends me--' 'How! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I suppose you have had as little to vex you since you came into this house as any creature in the world. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Nay, nay; work is my delight, child, when it doesn't vex your mother. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Few things shook me now; few things had importance to vex, intimidate, or depress me: most things pleased--mere trifles had a charm. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I did not do so to wound or to vex; interrupted I, but you are too touchy and susceptible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He thought to provoke a warm reply; I had seen him vex the passionate to explosion before now. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, no; it must be something else if he were really vexed, Ladislaw is a sort of gypsy; he thinks nothing of leather and prunella. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That was Mr. Wildeve who passed, miss, he said slowly, and expressed by his face that he expected her to feel vexed at having been sitting unseen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Elizabeth could hardly help laughing at so convenient a proposal; yet was really vexed that her mother should be always giving him such an epithet. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Don't be vexed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Something had vexed you before you came in, you looked cross. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was only when I saw him really unhappy that I felt really vexed with the fair, frail cause of his suffering. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You felt no remorse in vexing me, last night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Of course I contradict the tale everywhere; but it is very vexing, and I wonder how it could have originated. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You take delight in vexing me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It will save you from many troubles of the vexing sort. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The redundancy of his alertness was half-vexing, half-ludicrous: in my mind I both disapproved and derided most of this fuss. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Besides, you have got a wrong notion in your head as usual, Dodo--I can see that: it vexes me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Very much; it vexes me even. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yet the man is peremptory and secret: his secrecy vexes me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What vexes me, my poor Emmy, is not my misfortune, but yours, George said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But my younger daughter, Mrs General, rather worries and vexes my thoughts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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