Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Etymology tree Latin vexōbor. Old French vexerbor. Middle English vexen English vex 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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Etymology tree Latin vexōbor. Old French vexerbor. Middle English vexen English vex From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.
Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
I will not again vex her ear with words of love, however true, however deep: ours is an evil destiny, and we may not control it!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151:
I vex my heart with fancies dim: He still outstript me in the race; It was but unity of place That made me dream I rank’d with him.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:
In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ, to vexe them.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xij:[1], folio clxxj, verso:
some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois:
White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.1725, Homer, “Book IV”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
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| vexed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| vexed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| vext | Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| vext | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |
| vexes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| vexing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
vexsome · vexable · vexation · vexingly · vexer · vexful · vexatious · vexed
humiliate · hagride · sadden · pester
ruffle someone's feathers · chap someone's hide · bother · ruffle · jazz · cag · dog · annoy · afflict · boil someone's piss · atray · test someone's patience · rile up · irritate · burn up · harry · pester · trouble · grate · disgruntle · afflict · besiege · wind up · distress · harass · peeve off · hound · try one's patience · tick off · get on someone's wick · get on someone's nerves · pick at · badger · acerbate · vex · hassle · mommick · grame · pee off · bait · get someone's back up · persecute · get someone's nanny · get someone's Irish up · bedevil · get someone's goat · molest · frustrate · get on someone's tits · pique · antagonize · hack off · bug · rile · grind one's gears · get under one's goat · nerve · storm · harrow · vex · get someone's dander up · get up · harry · trouble · piss off · sting · rend · beset · raise someone's hackles · roil · nark · wring · put someone's back up · nettle · lacerate · hassle · devil · chafe · plague · bug · get someone's nanny-goat · provoke · chevy · grame · botherate · rub up the wrong way · beset · exasperate · get · torment · give someone the shits · persecute · devil · Idioms: · torque off · burn someone's ass · irk · torment · bullyrag · bedevil · cheese off · harsh one's mellow · beleaguer · irk · irritate · vex · grotch · give someone grief · aggrieve · tee off · engrieve · aggravate · rub someone the wrong way · agitate · fume · plague · peeve · harass · get under someone's skin · rankle
it innervosire (to annoy) · de beunruhigen (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · hu piszkál (to annoy) · ang dreċċan (to annoy) · es irritar (to annoy) · pl niepokoić (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · de irritieren (to annoy) · io iracigar (to annoy) · fi ärsyttää (to annoy) · fi vaivata (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · bg дразня (rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively) · sv förarga (to annoy) · fa آزردن (to annoy) · es afligir (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · pl denerwować (to annoy) · ka აღელვება (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · cs trápit (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · pt irritar (to annoy) · tr kızdırmak (to annoy) · it vessare (to annoy) · grc ἀνιάω (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · ga buair (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · tr rahatsız etmek (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · ru раздража́ть (to annoy) · la piget (to annoy) · fr vexer (rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively) · gd sàraich (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · fi kiusata (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · es vejar (to annoy) · ang gremman (to annoy) · fr énerver (to annoy) · fr ennuyer (to annoy) · mi hawene (to annoy) · pt tormentar (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · kw veksya (to annoy) · es disgustar (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · eo ĉagreni (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · la taedet (to annoy) · sv irritera (to annoy) · es fastidiar (rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively) · de quälen (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · qu ch'iqmichiy (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · pt vexar (to annoy) · de reizen (to annoy) · ru досажда́ть (to annoy) · fr vexer informal (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · fr tourmenter (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · hu vegzál (to annoy) · hi परेशान करना (to annoy) · fa رنجاندن (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · bg ядосвам (to annoy) · pt aborrecer (to annoy) · es atormentar (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · it vessare (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · ka გაღიზიანება (to annoy) · it infastidire (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · nl kwellen (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · la vexō (to annoy) · de verärgern (to annoy) · pt vexar (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · es vejar (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · pl gnębić (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · es vejar (rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively) · de ärgern (to annoy) · gd sàraich (to annoy) · nl ergeren (to annoy) · it tormentare (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · cs otravovat (to annoy) · ro vexa (to distress; to cause mental suffering) · es molestar (to annoy) · ru волнова́ть (to distress; to cause mental suffering)