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Adjective vexed has 2 senses
- annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed - troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
Antonym: untroubled (indirect, via troubled)
- vexed - causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"
Antonym: easy (indirect, via difficult)
Verb vex has 5 senses
- annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
--1 is one way to displease
Sample sentences:
The bad news will vex him
The performance is likely to vex Sue
- worry, vex - disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
--2 is one way to perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up - change the arrangement or position of
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- vex - subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"
--4 is one way to debate, deliberate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--5 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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