Vex

Quick meaning: Vex is a verb meaning (transitive) To annoy, irritate.

Meaning

(transitive) To annoy, irritate.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
2. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
3. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
5. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
6. (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble.

Example Sentences

some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.

Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought

Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.

Word Forms

• vexes
• vexing
• vexed
• vext

Synonyms for vex

Depending on context, synonyms include afflict, aggrieve, plague, atray, cag, distress.

Antonyms for vex

Common opposites include alleviate, comfort.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include irritate, annoy, bother, rile, rag, nark.

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