Meanings (ES + gloss)
irritar • molestar • vejar
To annoy, irritate.
Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.
afligir • atormentar • disgustar • vejar
To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
I vex my heart with fancies dim: He still outstript me in the race; It was but unity of place That made me dream I rank’d with him.
I will not again vex her ear with words of love, however true, however deep: ours is an evil destiny, and we may not control it!
fastidiar • vejar
To trouble aggressively, to harass.
In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ, to vexe them.