| vex | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
| ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" |
| ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" |
| ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. |
| ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" |
| ~ fret | cause annoyance in. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" |
| ~ displease | give displeasure to. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ misgive | suggest fear or doubt.; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably" |
| ~ cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
| ~ eat on, eat | worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.; "What's eating you?" |
| ~ nag | worry persistently.; "nagging concerns and doubts" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| v. (contact) | 3. agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ rile, roil | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. |
| ~ poke | stir by poking.; "poke the embers in the fireplace" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (communication) | 4. vex | subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation.; "vex the subject of the death penalty" |
| ~ deliberate, debate | discuss the pros and cons of an issue. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ stump, mix up | cause to be perplexed or confounded.; "This problem stumped her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ riddle | set a difficult problem or riddle.; "riddle me a riddle" |
| ~ elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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