[ US /ˈvɛks/ ]
[ UK /vˈɛks/ ]
VERB
  1. be a mystery or bewildering to
    Got me--I don't know the answer!
    This beats me!
    a vexing problem
    This question really stuck me
  2. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
    I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me
  3. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
    It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
    Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  4. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation
    vex the subject of the death penalty
  5. change the arrangement or position of
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How To Use vex In A Sentence

  • The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
  • The beak is smoth, black, convex and cultrated; one and 1/8 inches from the point to the opening of the chaps and 3/4 only uncovered with feathers; the upper chap exceeds the other a little in length. a few small black hairs garnish the sides of the base of the upper chap. the eye is of a uniform deep sea green or black, moderately large. it's legs feet and tallons are white; the legs are an inch and a 1/4 in length and smoth; four toes on each foot, of which that in front is the same length with the leg including the length of the tallon, which is 4 lines; the three remaining toes are The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
  • Starting from the cardiac orifice at the incisura cardiaca, it forms an arch backward, upward, and to the left; the highest point of the convexity is on a level with the sixth left costal cartilage. XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach
  • He was vexed and flounced out of the dining room.
  • The exact particulars of the similarity never came to light, but apparently the lady had, in a fit of high-minded inadvertence, had gone through the ceremony of marriage with, one quotes the unpublished discourse of Mr. Butteridge — “a white-livered skunk,” and this zoological aberration did in some legal and vexatious manner mar her social happines. The War in the Air
  • It is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags).
  • Sources expect there is little chance of agreement between the two sides on the vexed issue of overtime, expected to hit 64 million this year.
  • This problem, which has vexed Jewish philosophers since Philo Judaeus, had recently received elaborate treatment by Maimonides. Gersonides
  • This coin, too, was designed to deal with the question of foreign currency circulating in the state - indeed, it represents one of the earliest attempts to solve that vexatious problem.
  • Made of Austenitic stainless steel. There is no dead angle, no concave - convex face.
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