Vex vs Embarrass - What's the difference?

Vex is a related term of embarrass.

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to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.

(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.

* (English Citations of "vex")

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

* vexed * vexer * vexingly * vexation * vexatious

(es)

to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash

The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.

To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.

Business is embarrassed'''; public affairs are '''embarrassed .

To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.

A man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.

* (humiliate) abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame * See also

* embarrassment

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