"vex" | Definition and Related Words

vex

Verb

is a type of: displease - give displeasure to
subtypes:
- get, get under one's skin - irritate
- eat into, fret, grate, rankle - gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
- ruffle - trouble or vex
- fret - cause annoyance in
- beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically
- antagonise, antagonize - provoke the hostility of
same as: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile

verb group: chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger
causes: worry - be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

is a type of: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
subtypes:
- misgive - suggest fear or doubt
- eat, eat on - worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
- nag - worry persistently
same as: worry

verb group: worry - be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
subtypes:
- beat, scramble - stir vigorously
- toss - agitate
- rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
- poke - stir by poking
same as: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up
is a type of: debate, deliberate - discuss the pros and cons of an issue
is a type of: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
subtypes:
- mix up, stump - cause to be perplexed or confounded
- riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle
- elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
same as: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy

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