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Vex vs Annoyed - What's the difference?

vex | annoyed |

As a noun vex

is (space|esa).

As a verb annoyed is

(annoy).

As an adjective annoyed is

troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed.

vex

English

Verb

(es)
  • To trouble aggressively, to harass.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:
    • In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.
  • To annoy, irritate.
    • Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
  • To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
  • (rare) To twist, to weave.
  • * Dryden
    • some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
  • (obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
    • (Chapman)
  • To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "vex")

    Synonyms

    * (to annoy) agitate, irritate * (to cause mental suffering) afflict, torment

    Derived terms

    * vexed * vexer * vexingly * vexation * vexatious

    annoyed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (annoy)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed.

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