vex
see also: VEX
Pronunciation Verb
VEX
Proper noun
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see also: VEX
Pronunciation Verb
vex (vexes, present participle vexing; 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.
- some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
- (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
- 1725, Homer; [Elijah Fenton], transl., “Book IV”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646 ↗:
- White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
- French: ennuyer, énerver
- German: ärgern, verärgern, reizen , irritieren
- Italian: vessare, innervosire
- Portuguese: vexar, irritar, aborrecer
- Russian: раздража́ть
- Spanish: disgustarse, vejar
- French: vexer informal, tourmenter
- German: beunruhigen, quälen
- Italian: tormentare, vessare, infastidire
- Portuguese: tormentar, vexar
- Russian: волнова́ть
- Spanish: disgustar
vex (plural vexes)
- (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble.
VEX
Proper noun
- (space, ESA) Initialism of w:Venus Express
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