English Dictionary

vex

/vɛks/

verb

(transitive) To annoy, irritate. / (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. / (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass. / (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.

His constant complaining vexes me.

意味（1）

(transitive) To annoy, irritate.

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

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

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!

意味（3）

(transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.

In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ

In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ to vexe them.

意味（4）

(transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.

some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom

意味（5）

(intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.

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

意味（6）

(transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.