vex
Meanings
Verb
- To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- To annoy, irritate.
- To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- To twist, to weave.
- To be irritated; to fret.
- To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Noun
- A trouble.
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Origin
- From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vēxāre ("disturb, agitate, annoy"). Displaced native Middle English grillen ("to vex, annoy") from Old English grillan. quake.
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