vex

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman. === Pronunciation === enPR: vĕks, IPA(key): /vɛks/ Rhymes: -ɛks === Verb === vex (third-person singular simple present vexes, present participle vexing, simple past and past participle vexed or (archaic) vext) (transitive) To annoy, irritate. Synonyms: agitate, irk, irritate; see also Thesaurus:annoy (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. Synonyms: afflict, grame, torment; see also Thesaurus:vex (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass. Synonyms: beset, hassle; see also Thesaurus:pester (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret. Synonyms: chafe, fume (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:vex. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== quake vexatious ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vex (plural vexes) (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “vex”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== vex (Berkshire) alternative form of wax (“wax”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== vex alternative form of vexen == Old Norse == === Verb === vex first/second/third-person singular present active indicative of vaxa