vex
verb
[ vɛks ]
• make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.
• "the memory of the conversation still vexed him"
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
infuriate,
anger,
incense,
inflame,
enrage,
irk,
chagrin,
exasperate,
madden,
pique,
provoke,
nettle,
disturb,
upset,
perturb,
discompose,
put out,
try,
try someone's patience,
get on someone's nerves,
bother,
trouble,
worry,
agitate,
harass,
harry,
fuss,
fluster,
ruffle,
hound,
rankle with,
nag,
torment,
pain,
distress,
tease,
frustrate,
chafe,
grate,
fret,
gall,
outrage,
displease,
offend,
disgust,
dissatisfy,
disquiet,
rub up the wrong way,
mither,
peeve,
aggravate,
miff,
bug,
bite,
eat,
hassle,
rile,
get to,
hack off,
make someone's blood boil,
make someone see red,
get someone's goat,
get someone's hackles up,
make someone's hackles rise,
get someone's back up,
get someone's dander up,
drive up the wall,
drive bananas,
needle,
be a pain in the neck,
ruffle someone's feathers,
get in someone's hair,
get under someone's skin,
give someone a hard time,
nark,
get on someone's wick,
give someone the hump,
wind up,
get across,
get up someone's nose,
tick off,
ride,
rankle,
gravel,
bum out,
piss off,
get on someone's tits,
vex
adjective
• angry; annoyed.
• "I ain't vex with you"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French vexer, from Latin vexare ‘shake, disturb’.
