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/vˈɛksɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Vex v. t. (past & past part. vexed; pres. part. vexing)

To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. "White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars."

To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. "I will not vex your souls." "Ten thousand torments vex my heart."

To twist; to weave. (R.) "Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom."

Synonyms: See Tease.

Vex v. i. To be irritated; to fret. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Vexing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vexing" Quotes from Famous Books

... mortals be!" exclaims Puck in A Mid-summer Night's Dream. And well might the fairy marvel who sees folk vexing themselves over matters that nine times out of ten come to nothing. Much wiser is the man who smiles at misfortunes, even when they are real ones and affect him personally. Charles Lamb once cheerfully helped to hiss off the stage a ...

— It Can Be Done - Poems of Inspiration • Joseph Morris

... now lifted from Frank's mind. The vexing problem, how he was to retain the watch and yet satisfy Seth's rightful claims, was thus happily solved. He could have danced for joy, barefooted, in the grassy sand. And he yearned more than ever now to see Mr. Sinjin, and make up ...

— The Drummer Boy • John Trowbridge

... was not much less weary than the gardener and coachman of the old sisters' habits of criticism. But only the shadow of their former power of vexing her remained, now that they could no longer appeal to Sir Timothy to join them in reproving his wife. She was no more to be teased or exasperated into alternate ...

— Peter's Mother • Mrs. Henry De La Pasture

... determine the exact distance to daylight, but he began to think for the first time of his journey's end. He must leave Miss Catherwood somewhere in comparative safety, and he must get back to Richmond, his absence unnoted. These were problems which might well become vexing, and the exaltation of the moment could not prevent their recurrence. He stopped the wagon and took a look at the worthy Elias, who was slumbering as peacefully as ever. "A sound conscience makes a sound sleeper," he quoted, and ...

— Before the Dawn - A Story of the Fall of Richmond • Joseph Alexander Altsheler

... seem to have come out of a life of infinite melody and to have dropped into an existence of mere contrary and vexing time-beat. ...

— The Golden Fountain - or, The Soul's Love for God. Being some Thoughts and - Confessions of One of His Lovers • Lilian Staveley

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