Vext vs Vexed - What's the difference?
vext | vexed |
(archaic) (vex)
* What happiness to reign a lonely king,
Vext' — O ye stars that shudder over me,
O earth that soundest hollow under me,
'''Vext with waste dreams?
— Tennyson, ''Idylls of the King , "The Coming of Arthur"
* And that same night, the night of the new year,
By reason of the bitterness and grief
That vext his mother, all before his time
Was Arthur born [...]
— Tennyson, Idylls of the King , "The Coming of Arthur"
* [...] and thence
Taking my war-horse from the holy man,
Glad that no phantom vext me more, return'd
To whence I came, the gate of Arthur's wars.
— Tennyson, Idylls of the King , "Holy Grail"
English irregular simple past forms
annoyed, irritated or distressed
much debated, discussed or disputed
(vex)
As verbs the difference between vext and vexed
is that vext is simple past of vex while vexed is past tense of vex.As an adjective vexed is
annoyed, irritated or distressed.vext
English
Verb
(head)Vext' — O ye stars that shudder over me,
O earth that soundest hollow under me,
'''Vext with waste dreams?
— Tennyson, ''Idylls of the King , "The Coming of Arthur"
By reason of the bitterness and grief
That vext his mother, all before his time
Was Arthur born [...]
— Tennyson, Idylls of the King , "The Coming of Arthur"
Taking my war-horse from the holy man,
Glad that no phantom vext me more, return'd
To whence I came, the gate of Arthur's wars.
— Tennyson, Idylls of the King , "Holy Grail"
vexed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.
- the vexed question of whether or not to kiss on a first date