vex
English
/vɛks/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
- (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- (transitive) To twist, to weave.
- (intransitive) To be irritated; to fret.
- (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vexen derived from Old French vexer derived from Latin vēxāre (disturb, annoy, agitate).
Origin
Latin
vēxāre
Gloss
disturb, annoy, agitate
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- unvexed English
- vexable English
- vexation English
- vexatious English
- vexed English
- vexedly English
- vexedness English
- vexer English
- vexest English
- vexeth English
- vēxāre Latin
- vexar Portuguese
- *grel- Proto-Germanic
- grillan Old English
- grillen Middle English
- vexed Middle English
- vexen Middle English
- vexacion Old French
- vexer Old French
- vexar Catalan, Valencian
- vexar Galician