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vex

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1. vex - Noun

2. vex - Verb

3. Vex - Proper noun

Meaning

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.

To twist; to weave.

To be irritated; to fret.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the work; for more stormy billows vex the soul of the priest than the gales which disturb the sea. John Chrysostom

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words. Edmund Burke

I have tried to answer the question which sent me to Samoa: Are the disturbances which vex our adolescents due to the nature of adolescence itself or to the civilization? Under different conditions does adolescence present a different picture? Margaret Mead

He that peeks through a keyhole may see what will vex him. Scottish Proverb

In the midst of our mirth some annoyance always arises to vex us. Latin Proverb

He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him. Spanish Proverb

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