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Adjective vexing has 2 senses
- exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing - extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"
Antonym: pleasing (indirect, via displeasing)
- annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
Antonym: agreeable (indirect, via disagreeable)
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
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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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