transitive verb. To irritate, bother, or frustrate: synonym: annoy.

transitive verb. To cause perplexity in; baffle.

transitive verb. To cause difficulty or trouble to.

transitive verb. To cause pain or physical distress to; afflict.

noun. A trouble; a vexation.

To make angry by little provocations; excite slight anger or displeasure in; trouble by petty or light annoyances; irritate; tease; fret; plague; annoy; harass.

To make sorrowful; grieve; afflict; distress.

To agitate; disturb; overturn or throw into commotion; hence, to dispute; contest; cause to be discussed: in this sense chiefly used in the past participle: as, a vexed (much discussed but unsettled) question.

Synonyms Annoy, Plague, etc. (see tease), provoke, gall, chafe. To disquiet.

To fret; be teased or irritated; feel annoyed, angry, or distressed.

intransitive verb. To be irritated; to fret.

transitive verb. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

transitive verb. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.

transitive verb. To twist; to weave.

verb. To trouble aggressively, to harass.

verb. To annoy, irritate.

verb. To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

verb. To twist, to weave.

verb. To be irritated; to fret.

verb. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

verb. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation

verb. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

verb. change the arrangement or position of

verb. be a mystery or bewildering to

"The word vex with us means to provoke, irritate, by petty provocations."