vex
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Synonyms
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite
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Earlier landings have been vexed by a lack of steady communications due to the movement of the satellites around Mars. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "How a Small CubeSat Became the Unlikely Hero of the InSight Landing," 29 Nov. 2018 Drones are amazing and cool and powerful, but traditionally they can be thwarted by an impenetrable obstacle that has vexed drone creators and pilots for years: doors. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Inspired by Wasps, This Micro-Drone Lifts 40 Times its Weight," 25 Oct. 2018 Those acquisitions were geared toward lifting the company’s profit margins and insulating its sales from the type of commodity-market downdraft now vexing the U.S. meat sector. — Jacob Bunge, WSJ, "Tyson Foods to Acquire Keystone Foods in $2.16 Billion Deal," 20 Aug. 2018 Russia, however, is far from the lone issue vexing Trump’s legal operation. — Robert Costa, Washington Post, "Trump legal team seeks to add star GOP attorney Theodore B. Olson," 20 Mar. 2018 The question of who hired the firm has vexed Facebook employees. — Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, "Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says He Has No Plans to Step Down as Chairman," 20 Nov. 2018 The fight against Boko Haram has particularly vexed the president. — New York Times, "A Homecoming for Nigerians Who Fled Militants. All That’s Missing Is the ‘Home.’," 10 July 2018 The nearby public school has a perennially failing record that continues to vex the Cleveland Metropolitan School District despite numerous staff changes, policy adjustments and the help of consultants. — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, "King Korper might fail second grade; a long night of parent-teacher conferences: A Greater Cleveland," 29 Jan. 2018 There is no joy in pointing out that common sense says that Mickelson, vexed by another disheartening result at the U.S. Open, finally let the game get to him. — Bill Pennington, New York Times, "What Was Phil Mickelson Thinking?," 16 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vex.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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vex
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English Language Learners Definition of vex
: to annoy or worry (someone)
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