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Vex vs Vee - What's the difference?

vex | vee |

As nouns the difference between vex and vee

is that vex is (space|esa) while vee is .

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

    vee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something with the shape of the letter V. Found in compounds such as vee-necked.
    • Migrating geese fly in a vee.
  • (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played

    • See also

    *

    Derived terms

    * teevee * veep

    Anagrams

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