vex
The word “vex” has 1 syllable: vex
It's pronounced as /vɛks/
What is synonym and antonym for vex?
In the thesaurus, “vex” has 145 synonyms and 30 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for vex along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for vex
- abash
- abrade
- addle
- afflict
- affront
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- antagonize
- badger
- baffle
- bait
- ballyrag
- bamboozle
- be at
- beat
- befog
- befuddle
- beguile
- bemuse
- bewilder
- bother
- buffalo
- bug
- bullyrag
- chafe
- chagrin
- confound
- confuse
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- depress
- devil
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discomfort
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dismay
- disorient
- displease
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- dupe
- eat
- eat at
- embarrass
- enflame
- enrage
- exasperate
- exercise
- faze
- flummox
- fluster
- fool
- fox
- fret
- frost
- fuddle
- gall
- get
- get to
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate
- grate on
- gravel
- gripe
- gull
- hagride
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hoax
- hoodwink
- humbug
- incense
- inflame
- infuriate
- insult
- irk
- irritate
- itch
- madden
- maze
- miff
- misguide
- mislead
- molest
- mortify
- muddle
- muddy
- mystify
- nag
- nark
- needle
- nettle
- nonplus
- offend
- outrage
- peeve
- perplex
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- pique
- plague
- pose
- provoke
- put out
- puzzle
- rankle
- rasp
- rattle
- ride
- rile
- roil
- rouse
- rub the wrong way
- ruffle
- snow
- spite
- stick
- string along
- stump
- stun
- take in
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trick
- trouble
- turn off
- undo
- unhinge
- unsettle
- upset
- wear on
- weird out
- worry
Antonyms for vex
- aid
- appease
- assist
- assure
- calm
- cheer
- comfort
- conciliate
- console
- content
- delight
- ease
- enlighten
- gladden
- gratify
- help
- inform
- make happy
- mollify
- oblige
- pacify
- placate
- please
- propitiate
- quiet
- reassure
- satisfy
- solace
- soothe
- support
Meanings of vex
- noun
- A trouble.
- verb
- To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- To annoy, irritate.
- To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- To twist, to weave.
- To be irritated; to fret.
- To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Example Sentences
- His constant interruptions vex me.
- The complicated instructions vex many students.
- Loud noises vex her when she is trying to concentrate.
- The delay in the project continued to vex the team.
- Unanswered questions vex scientists seeking the truth.
On this page you'll find 175 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vex, such as: abash, abrade, addle, afflict, affront, aggravate, agitate.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- dine
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gall
- abrade
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- anger
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- antagonism
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- antipathy
- arrogance
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- bad blood
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- bait
- ballyrag
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- bother
- brashness
- brass
- brassiness
- brazenness
- break down
- break up
- bug
- bullyrag
- burn
- chafe
- cheek
- cheekiness
- chew
- chide
- chutzpa
- chutzpah
- cockiness
- conceit
- confidence
- conflict
- coolness
- corrade
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- crust
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- decompose
- devil
- disaffection
- discomfort
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- discord
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- disquiet
- disrespect
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- effrontery
- enflame
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- estrangement
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- file
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- fret
- friction
- frost
- get
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- gnaw
- grate
- graze
- grind
- gripe
- grudge
- guts
- hagride
- harass
- hardihood
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- hassle
- hate
- hatred
- haughtiness
- heckle
- hone
- hostility
- hutzpa
- hutzpah
- impertinence
- impoliteness
- impudence
- incense
- incivility
- inconsiderateness
- inconsideration
- inflame
- infuriate
- inhospitableness
- insolence
- insult
- irk
- irritate
- itch
- jaundice
- loathing
- madden
- malevolence
- malice
- malignancy
- malignity
- miff
- nag
- nark
- nerve
- nerviness
- nettle
- nibble
- offend
- outrage
- overbearance
- overconfidence
- peel
- peeve
- persecute
- pertness
- perturb
- pester
- pique
- plague
- pomposity
- presumption
- presumptuousness
- provoke
- put out
- rancor
- rankle
- rasp
- reduce
- rile
- roil
- rouse
- rub
- rub out
- rub the wrong way
- rudeness
- ruffle
- sandblast
- sandpaper
- sanguinity
- sass
- sauce
- sauciness
- score
- scour
- scrape
- scratch
- scuff
- self-assurance
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- sharpen
- shave
- skin
- spite
- spitefulness
- strain
- swagger
- swash
- tease
- temerity
- tension
- torment
- trouble
- undo
- unfriendliness
- ungraciousness
- unhinge
- unsettle
- upset
- vendetta
- venom
- vex
- vindictiveness
- virulence
- vitriol
- wear
- wear on
- wear out
- whet
- worry
lade
- afflict
- bail
- baptize
- bathe
- bear down on
- bleed
- bother
- bucket
- burden
- clog
- clutter
- crush
- cumber
- decant
- deplete
- depress
- dip
- dish
- dish it out
- dish out
- douse
- drain
- draw
- drench
- duck
- dump on
- dunk
- eliminate
- empty
- encumber
- exhaust
- fill
- freight
- give it to
- hamper
- handicap
- heap
- hinder
- immerse
- impede
- irrigate
- laden
- ladle
- lave
- load
- lower
- lumber
- make heavy
- moisten
- mound
- obligate
- oppress
- overburden
- overcharge
- overload
- overtax
- overwhelm
- pack
- pile
- pitch
- plunge
- press
- pump
- rinse
- saddle
- saddle with
- scoop
- siphon
- slop
- slosh
- snow
- snow under
- soak
- souse
- splash
- spoon
- stack
- steep
- stick it to
- strain
- submerge
- submerse
- suction
- surcharge
- syphon
- tax
- trouble
- try
- vex
- wash
- water
- weigh
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- weight
- wet
- worry
mad
- aberrant
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- air rage
- airheaded
- amok
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- anger
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- angriness
- angry
- animosity
- annoy
- annoyance
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- antagonism
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- antagonize
- antipathetic
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- antisocial
- ape
- apoplectic
- ardent
- argumentative
- around the bend
- asinine
- avid
- ballistic
- balmy
- bananas
- barmy
- bats
- batty
- bearish
- bedlam
- belligerence
- belligerent
- bent out of shape
- berserk
- bile
- bilious
- biliousness
- birdbrained
- birse
- bitter
- bitterness
- blowup
- blue in the face
- boiling
- bonkers
- boobish
- brain-dead
- brainless
- brainsick
- bristling
- bristly
- bubbleheaded
- buffoonish
- bughouse
- burning
- cantankerous
- certifiable
- chafe
- cheesed off
- choler
- choleric
- chowderheaded
- chuckleheaded
- churlish
- clownish
- clueless
- cockeyed
- cold
- concentrated
- contempt
- contentious
- contentiousness
- contrariness
- contrary
- cool
- crabby
- crackbrained
- cracked
- crackers
- crackpot
- crankiness
- cranky
- crazed
- crazy
- cross
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- dander
- delirious
- delirium
- delusional
- delusionary
- demented
- dense
- depressed
- deranged
- devoted
- dim
- dim-witted
- dippy
- disagreeable
- disapproving
- disordered
- disputatious
- disputatiousness
- distant
- distracted
- distraught
- disturbed
- doltish
- dopey
- dopy
- dorky
- dotty
- dudgeon
- dull
- dumb
- dunderheaded
- dyspeptic
- eccentric
- embitter
- embittered
- embitterment
- empoisonment
- empty-headed
- enamoured
- enflame
- enflamed
- enmity
- enrage
- enraged
- enthused
- envenom
- envy
- exasperate
- exasperated
- exasperation
- excessive
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- extreme
- fallacious
- fanatical
- farcical
- fatuous
- featherheaded
- feebleminded
- ferocious
- feverish
- fey
- fierce
- fit to be tied
- fixated
- flare
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- frantic
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- fruity
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- fussy
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- going crook
- gormless
- grouchy
- grudge
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- half-witted
- harebrained
- haywire
- heat
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- hooked
- hopping
- hopping mad
- horn-mad
- hostility
- hot
- hot under the collar
- hot-headedness
- huff
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- icy
- idiotic
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- ill-advised
- ill-humored
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- irrational
- irritability
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- jaundice
- jealousy
- jerky
- keen
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- malice
- maniac
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- meshuga
- meshugah
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- monomaniacal
- mood
- moonstruck
- moronic
- nettle
- neurotic
- non compos mentis
- nonrational
- nonsensical
- notional
- nuclear
- nuts
- nutty
- oafish
- obsessed
- obsessive-compulsive
- obtuse
- odd
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- of unsound mind
- off
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- opaque
- orneriness
- ornery
- out to lunch
- outburst
- outrage
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- overmuch
- overweening
- paranoiac
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- paranoid
- paranoidal
- passion
- passionate
- peeve
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- perturbed
- pet
- petulant
- pinheaded
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- piqued
- pixilated
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- potty
- preposterous
- provoke
- psycho
- psychotic
- pugnacious
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- pugnacity
- put out
- quarrelsome
- quarrelsomeness
- queer
- querulous
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- quick-tempered
- rabid
- rage
- raging
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- rankle
- rankled
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- ridiculous
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- roil
- roiled
- rub the wrong way
- ruffle
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- screwy
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- sizzling
- slow
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- sociopathic
- soft
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- soreheaded
- spite
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- steam up
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- temper
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- tomfool
- touched
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- unconscionable
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- unsafe
- unsound
- unstable
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- venom
- very upset
- vex
- vexation
- vindictive
- vindictiveness
- violent
- virulence
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- vitriol
- vitriolic
- wacko
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- warmth
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- whacko
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- wigged-out
- wild
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- wrath
- wrathful
- wrathfulness
- wroth
- wud
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- zealous
nag
- annoy
- badger
- bait
- bay
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- beg
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- berate
- bewail
- bitch
- black
- blandish
- bleat
- blubber
- bother
- bronco
- buckskin
- bug
- cajole
- carp
- carp at
- caterwaul
- cavil
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- chestnut
- chivvy
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- coax
- cob
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- complain
- courser
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- croak
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- cutting horse
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- eat
- egg
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- give a hard time
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- horse
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- mare
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- mount
- murmur
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- mutter
- needle
- nitpick
- nudge
- packhorse
- palomino
- pester
- pick at
- pinto
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- plead
- plug
- pony
- prancer
- press
- pressure
- prod
- prompt
- protest
- provoke
- push
- quarter horse
- quibble
- racehorse
- repine
- ride
- roan
- saddle horse
- scold
- scream
- skate
- skewbald
- sob
- sorrel
- spur
- squawk
- squeal
- stallion
- steed
- stew
- take it out on
- tease
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- trotter
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- vex
- wail
- warhorse
- wheedle
- whimper
- whine
- whinge
- work on
- workhorse
- worry
- yammer
- yaup
- yawp
- yowl