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vɛks
veks
/vˈɛks/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "vex"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to annoy someone by intentionally or persistently bothering them with small, annoying actions or behaviors
Transitive: to vex sb
to vex definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His habit of tapping his pen on the desk during the lecture vexed the entire class.
āϞ⧇āĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞāĻŽ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāϤāĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to confuse or bewilder someone, making them unsure or unable to understand something
Transitive: to vex sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The complex instructions vexed the team, causing delays.
āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to discuss or argue a topic with great energy or for a long time
Transitive: to vex a topic or question
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They vexed the question of whether to approve the new policy until everyone was exhausted.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻŋ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to move something repeatedly or violently back and forth
Transitive: to vex sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The breeze vexed the leaves, sending them fluttering across the ground.
āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ flutter āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to irritate or annoy someone by causing trouble or distress
Transitive: to vex sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Trying to assemble the furniture without clear instructions can vex anyone.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause discomfort, pain, or physical irritation
Transitive: to vex a person or body part
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tight shoes vexed her toes, causing blisters.
āφāρāϟāϏāĻžāρāϟ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϞāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻĢā§‹āϏāĻ•āĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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