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vex

Pronunciation: /vɛks/

The English word “vex” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To annoy, irritate.
  2. To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
  3. To trouble aggressively, to harass.
  4. To twist, to weave.
  5. To be irritated; to fret.
  6. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

noun

  1. A trouble.

Etymology

From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.

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