English Dictionary

vex

IPA（発音記号）

/vɛks/

動詞

他動詞 古語 稀用 自動詞 廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

イライラさせる、煩わせる / 心に苦痛を与え、悩ませる / 攻撃的に悩ませたり、嫌がらせをする / ねじる、編む

His constant interruptions vex the speaker.

彼の絶え間ない割り込みは演説者を苛立たせた。

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 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.

vexes （ present singular third-person ）

vexing （ participle present ）

vexed （ participle past ）

vexed （ past ）

vext （ archaic participle past ）

vext （ archaic past ）