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vex
Found in thesaurus: disorder, unhinge, cark, distract, displace, deliberate, throw, confuse, befuddle, confound
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vex
v.
anger, irritate, exasperate; shake up, disturb; puzzle, confuse and concern; cause mental suffering, afflict, cause suffering, torment ; debate, argue a question, discuss at length
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Vex
Vex may refer to:
Technology
- VEX prefix, a microprocessor opcode prefix and coding scheme for the x86 instruction set architecture
- Vex, a scripting language in the software Houdini
- Venus Express, a European Space Agency space mission to the planet Venus
- Vex, a suborbital test Tronador rocket in development by Argentina
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vex
Verb
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
(synonym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, chafe, devil
(hypernym) displease
(hyponym) get, get under one's skin
(verb-group) chafe
(derivation) irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration
2. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
(synonym) worry
(hypernym) perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
(hyponym) misgive
(cause) worry
(verb-group) worry
(derivation) concern, worry, headache, vexation
3. change the arrangement or position of
(synonym) agitate, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) beat, scramble
4. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"
(hypernym) debate, deliberate
5. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
(synonym) perplex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(hypernym) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(hyponym) stump, mix up
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Vex
(v. t.)
To twist; to weave.
To twist; to weave.
(v. t.)
To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
(v. t.)
To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
(v. i.)
To be irritated; to fret.
To be irritated; to fret.
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vex
Synonyms and related words:
abrade, aggravate, ail, anger, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, be the matter, bedevil, beset, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chafe, chaw, chivy, complicate matters, concern, devil, discommode, discompose, distemper, distress, disturb, dog, embarrass, embitter, exasperate, exercise, fash, fret, gall, get, gripe, harass, harry, haunt, heckle, hector, hound, huff, incense, inconvenience, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, miff, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, perplex, persecute, perturb, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, put out, put to it, puzzle, rankle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, set up, stir the blood, stir up, tease, torment, trouble, try the patience, tweak the nose, work up, worry
abrade, aggravate, ail, anger, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, be the matter, bedevil, beset, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chafe, chaw, chivy, complicate matters, concern, devil, discommode, discompose, distemper, distress, disturb, dog, embarrass, embitter, exasperate, exercise, fash, fret, gall, get, gripe, harass, harry, haunt, heckle, hector, hound, huff, incense, inconvenience, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, miff, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, perplex, persecute, perturb, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, put out, put to it, puzzle, rankle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, set up, stir the blood, stir up, tease, torment, trouble, try the patience, tweak the nose, work up, worry
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