vex
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From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vēxāre (“disturb, agitate”). Replaced native Middle English grillen (“to vex, annoy”) from Old English grillan.
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vex (third-person singular simple present vexes, present participle vexing, simple past and past participle vexed)
- (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XII:
- In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XII:
- (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
- Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
- (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
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To annoy
To distress; to cause mental suffering
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