1. vex - Noun
2. vex - Verb
3. Vex - Proper noun
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 dictionaryI 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