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US
/ˈvɛks/
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[ UK /vˈɛks/ ]
[ UK /vˈɛks/ ]
VERB
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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 -
disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me -
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 -
subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation
vex the subject of the death penalty - change the arrangement or position of
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the lady had, in a fit of high-minded inadvertence, had gone through the ceremony of marriage with, one quotes the unpublished discourse of Mr.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.
