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- [veks]
- /vɛks/
- /ˈveks.ɪŋ/
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- [veks]
- /vɛks/
Definitions of vexing word
- verb with object vexing to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him. 1
- verb with object vexing to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry: Lack of money vexes many. 1
- verb with object vexing 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 vexing to disturb by motion; stir up; toss about. 1
- verb with object vexing to afflict with physical pain. 1
- adjective vexing that vexes 0
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Origin of vexing
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 Vexing
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vexing 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
vexing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vexing
noun vexing
- bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- casus belli — an event or act used to justify a war
- grabber — a person or thing that grabs.
- harassment — the act or an instance of harassing, or disturbing, pestering, or troubling repeatedly; persecution: She sued her boss for sexual harassment.
adj vexing
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- disquieting — Archaic. uneasy; disquieted.
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- for the birds — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
adjective vexing
- aggravating — causing or full of aggravation: I've had an aggravating day.
- agitative — tending to stir or agitate
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
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