Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to vex
Participle: vexed
Gerund: vexing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | vex |
| you | vex |
| he;she;it | vexes |
| we | vex |
| you | vex |
| they | vex |
Perfect
| I | have vexed |
| you | have vexed |
| he;she;it | has vexed |
| we | have vexed |
| you | have vexed |
| they | have vexed |
Past
| I | vexed |
| you | vexed |
| he;she;it | vexed |
| we | vexed |
| you | vexed |
| they | vexed |
Pluperfect
| I | had vexed |
| you | had vexed |
| he;she;it | had vexed |
| we | had vexed |
| you | had vexed |
| they | had vexed |
Future
| I | will vex |
| you | will vex |
| he;she;it | will vex |
| we | will vex |
| you | will vex |
| they | will vex |
Future Perfect
| I | will have vexed |
| you | will have vexed |
| he;she;it | will have vexed |
| we | will have vexed |
| you | will have vexed |
| they | will have vexed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | vex |
| you | vex |
| he;she;it | vex |
| we | vex |
| you | vex |
| they | vex |
Perfect
| I | have vexed |
| you | have vexed |
| he;she;it | have vexed |
| we | have vexed |
| you | have vexed |
| they | have vexed |
Imperfect
| I | vexed |
| you | vexed |
| he;she;it | vexed |
| we | vexed |
| you | vexed |
| they | vexed |
Pluperfect
| I | had vexed |
| you | had vexed |
| he;she;it | had vexed |
| we | had vexed |
| you | had vexed |
| they | had vexed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would vex |
| you | would vex |
| he;she;it | would vex |
| we | would vex |
| you | would vex |
| they | would vex |
Perfect
| I | would have vexed |
| you | would have vexed |
| he;she;it | would have vexed |
| we | would have vexed |
| you | would have vexed |
| they | would have vexed |
Imperative
| you | vex |
| we | Let's vex |
| you | vex |
Verbs conjugated like 'vex'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'vex'
ex,
hex,
lex,
sex,
vet,
wex,
yex,
avel,
aver,
ax,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause anger
- aggravate, anger, annoy, displease, grill, irritate
- to cause someone to be upset or displeased
- aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, chap someone's hide, exasperate, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get up, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, hassle, irk, jazz, nark, peeve, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rile, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, ruffle someone's feathers, tick off, try one's patience, wind up
- annoy
- anger, disturb, bother, irritate, pester, harass, plague, torment
- debate
- discuss, agitate
Antonyms
- annoy
- please, appease, gratify, soothe
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1415, from M.Fr.
vexer, from L.
vexare "to attack, harass, trouble," from
vexus, collateral form of
vectus, pp. of
vehere "to draw, carry" (see vehicle).
Vexation is attested from c.1400, from L.
vexationem (nom.
vexatio) "agitation," from
vexus.
2. Etymology tree
3. Latin vexōbor.
4. Old French vexerbor.
5. Middle English vexen
6. English vex
7. From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman. See: Middle English '
vexen', Old French '
vexer', Latin '
vexō'.
Sample Sentences
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Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
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The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy. [1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:]
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I will not again vex her ear with words of love, however true, however deep: ours is an evil destiny, and we may not control it! [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151:]
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I vex my heart with fancies dim:
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He still outstript me in the race;
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It was but unity of place
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That made me dream I rank’d with him. [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:]
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In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ, to vexe them. [1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xij:[1], folio clxxj, verso:]
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some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom [1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):]
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Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought [1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois:]
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White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. [1725, Homer, “Book IV”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:]