
vex
[veks]
VERB
vexes (third person present) · vexed (past tense) · vexed (past participle) · vexing (present participle)
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make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.“the memory of the conversation still vexed him”
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French vexer, from Latin vexare ‘shake, disturb’.