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- [veks]
- /vɛks/
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- [veks]
- /vɛks/
Definitions of vex word
- verb with object vex to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him. 1
- verb with object vex to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry: Lack of money vexes many. 1
- verb with object vex to discuss or debate (a subject, question, etc.) with vigor or at great length: to vex a question endlessly without agreeing. 1
- verb with object vex to disturb by motion; stir up; toss about. 1
- verb with object vex to afflict with physical pain. 1
- transitive verb vex annoy 1
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Origin of vex
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English vexen < Old French vexer < Latin vexāre to shake, jolt, harass, annoy, frequentative of vehere to carry, convey
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Parts of speech for Vex
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vex popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vex usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vex
verb vex
- afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
adverb vex
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- gallingly — In a galling manner.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- irritatingly — causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- maddeningly — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
Antonyms for vex
verb vex
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
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