Vex vs Intimidate - What's the difference?

Vex is a related term of intimidate.

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to make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; 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

(intimidat)

To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.

To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.

* dishearten * abash * daunt

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