Word Meanings - VEX - Book Publishers vocabulary database
vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in 1. To to White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. Pope. 2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to
Additional info about word: VEX
vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in 1. To to White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. Pope. 2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. "I will not vex your souls." Shak. Then thousand torments vex my heart. Prior. 3. To twist; to weave. Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. Dryden. Syn. -- See Tease.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VEX)
- Aggrieve
- Wound
- trouble
- annoy
- hurt
- vex
- disappoint
- molest
- maltreat
- grieve
- afflict
- injure
- wrong
- Anger Enrage
- kindle
- fret
- ruffle
- chafe
- infuriate
- exasperate
- provoke
- irritate
- incense
- wound
- inflame
- imbitter
- Annoy
- Tease
- disturb
- affront
- pain
- disquiet
- incommode
- tantalize
- bother
- weary
- inconvenience
- plague
- discommode
- harass
- Bother
- Fuse
- worry
- pester
- excitement
- stir
- tease
- confusion
- vexation
- flurry
- Chafe
- Gall
- rub
- chagrin
- calcitrate
- re sent
- resist
- fidget
- writhe
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of VEX)
- Soothe
- compose
- quiet
- calm
- mesmerize
- Suit
- aid
- benefit
- subserve
- assist
- help
- Compose
- allay
- appease
- please
- soothe
- delight
- gratify
- recreate
- entertain
- relieve
- refresh
Related words: (words related to VEX)
- ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - TEASER
A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - TROUBLER
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller. - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - INFLAMER
The person or thing that inflames. Addison. - IMBITTER
To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft. - DISQUIETLY
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman. - GRIEVE
1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, 2. To sorrow over; - ASSISTANCE
1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - FIDGETY
Restless; uneasy. Lowell. - AFFLICTIVELY
In an afflictive manner. - INCOMMODE
An inconvenience. Strype. - INFLAMED
Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. (more info) 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated. - WRONGOUS
Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. - WRONG
1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly; - AFFLICTIVE
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior. - BENEFIT SOCIETY
A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain. - AFFLICTING
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv. - ON-HANGER
A hanger-on. - UNRESISTANCE
Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall. - DERANGER
One who deranges. - MISKINDLE
To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly. - SELF-KINDLED
Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden. - WANGER
A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. His bright helm was his wanger. Chaucer. - DOUBLEGANGER
An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley. - OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled. - TRUFFLE
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle and the English truffle are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm , the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious