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vexvex /veks/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned vexOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French vexer, from Latin vexare VERB TABLEvex |
Present | I, you, we, they | vex | | he, she, it | vexes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vexed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vexed | | he, she, it | has vexed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vexed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vex | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vexed |
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Present | I | am vexing | | he, she, it | is vexing | | you, we, they | are vexing | Past | I, he, she, it | was vexing | | you, we, they | were vexing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vexing | | he, she, it | has been vexing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vexing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vexing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vexing |
- But rendering attention to these vexing questions is prudent and the right thing to do.
- The nature of its relationship to the poor is perhaps the most vexing ethical issue that Holy Trinity faces.
- The problem was considered particularly vexing because, as the research of contemporaries showed, it affected middle class women most.
► a vexed/thorny question (=one that is hard to deal with)· Finally, there’s the thorny question of money. to make someone feel annoyed or worried—vexing adjective: a vexing problem |