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All vex synonyms

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verb vex

  • buttonholing β€” the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
  • anguished β€” Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • deviled β€” Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • fuddle β€” to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
  • give out β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • wear β€” to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
  • give the business β€” an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • get someone's goat β€” to cause annoyance to someone
  • hit on β€” to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • exercise β€” training, homework
  • weighting β€” the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • jar β€” Java archive
  • hurt β€” to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • molest β€” to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
  • hang up β€” the way in which a thing hangs.
  • bug β€” A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
  • boning β€” Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
  • chafe β€” If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
  • dog β€” a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • muddied β€” abounding in or covered with mud.
  • disturb β€” to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
  • irritate β€” to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
  • chagrin β€” Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
  • fan the flames β€” (Idiomatic) To intensify something; to worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances.
  • give it to β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • hold down β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • in flames β€” to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
  • get one's goat β€” any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
  • discomfit β€” to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
  • make waves β€” a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
  • afflict β€” If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
  • winging β€” either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  • hacked β€” to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
  • fagging β€” to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out): The long climb fagged us out.
  • gall β€” (Pizi) 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
  • dunned β€” to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
  • heat up β€” the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • worry β€” to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
  • lead on β€” to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • bummed β€” depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
  • deviling β€” Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • discomfort β€” an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • displease β€” to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
  • get the better of β€” of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
  • drowse β€” to be sleepy or half-asleep.
  • noodge β€” to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
  • muddying β€” Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
  • impose on β€” to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
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