vex

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vex [vex vexes vexed vexing] BrE [veks] NAmE [veks] verb ~ sb (old-fashioned or formal)
to annoy or worry sb
•The memory of their conversation still vexed him.
Derived Word: ↑vexing
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French vexer, from Latin vexare ‘shake, disturb’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  perplex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, agitate, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up, worry
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  reassure, assure