vex β to annoy, frustrate, or worry someone
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to annoy, frustrate, or worry someone
Pronunciation (IPA): /veks/
Example Sentences
- My cat vexes me by knocking things off the table every morning.
- The math problem vexed her for hours until she finally solved it.
- Nothing vexes a chef more than customers who send back perfectly good food.
vex
VERB[/veks/]
to annoy, frustrate, or worry someone
The buzzing mosquito continues to vex the sleeping traveler all night.
The vet gets vexed by the mysterious X blocking his door!
This cursed text will vex me like a hex!
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Origin
From Latin 'vexare' meaning 'to shake, toss, or harass.' The word entered Middle English through Old French and has been used since the 14th century to describe the act of troubling or annoying someone.
Breakdown
vex (Latin root 'vexare' = to shake/harass) - a single morpheme with no productive affixes in English, though it can take derivational suffixes like -ed (vexed), -ing (vexing), and -ation (vexation)
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βMy cat vexes me by knocking things off the table every morning.β
βThe math problem vexed her for hours until she finally solved it.β
βNothing vexes a chef more than customers who send back perfectly good food.β
βThe politician was vexed by the reporter's persistent questions.β
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