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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Vex

/(vĕks)/ · IPA /vɛks/
01 v. t. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
imp. & p. p. Vexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vexing
  1. 1.
    To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
    “White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.” Pope.
  2. 2.
    To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
    “Ten thousand torments vex my heart.” Prior.
  3. 3.
    To twist; to weave.[R.]
    “Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom.” Dryden.
Syn. See Tease.
02 v. i. To be irritated; to fret.
  1. 1.
    To be irritated; to fret.[R.]