Verb

(es)

To cause to feel baffled; to .

To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.

* John Locke

What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.

(obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.

(Glanvill)

Verb

(en verb)

To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

* Prior

Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy / Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?

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To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.

To molest; to harm; to injure.

to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade

* Evelyn

tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them