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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Problems at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services have vexed governors for decades. — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, "The Spin: More trouble at DCFS | An Illinois senator is indicted | Pro-pot lawmakers see green," 2 Aug. 2019 Intractable epilepsy is particularly vexing for researchers and families. — Isabel Derera, The Conversation, "CBD and genetic testing provide hope for ‘intractable’ epilepsy in children," 25 July 2019 The representation of people is particularly vexed; after years of receiving complaints about the uniform yellow skin tone, Unicode added five skin-tone variants, in 2015. — Sophie Haigney, The New Yorker, "Should There Be an Emoji for Everything?," 22 July 2019 Lawmakers have been vexed for decades over how to fix a broken system. — Tom Benning, Dallas News, "Texans Cornyn, Cuellar can't get congressional colleagues to back their bipartisan immigration plan," 20 June 2019 Iowa and New Hampshire voters are reportedly vexed with California Sen. Kamala Harris, who hasn’t spent much time in their states since announcing her presidential candidacy. — David Avella, WSJ, "Harris Snubs Iowa and New Hampshire," 7 Apr. 2019 The conflicting measurements have vexed astrophysicists and inspired rampant speculation as to whether unknown physical processes might be causing the discrepancy. — Quanta Magazine, "A Radically Conservative Solution for Cosmology’s Biggest Mystery," 1 May 2018 Short-term rentals As for short-term rentals, the issue is one that has vexed local officials since the trend emerged several years ago. — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, "Covenant changes focus of Wednesday public forum in Woodlands," 19 July 2019 That California trails far behind the rest of the country has long vexed state officials. — Jackie Botts, The Mercury News, "California’s struggle to get food stamps to the hungry," 19 July 2019These 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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