different between vext vs vexed

English

Verb

vext

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of vex
   • 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"

     What happiness to reign a lonely king,
     Vext — O ye stars that shudder over me,
     O earth that soundest hollow under me,
     Vext with waste dreams?

   • 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"

     And that same night, the night of the new year,
     By reason of the bitterness and grief
     That vext his mother, all before his time
     Was Arthur born [...]

   • 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "Holy Grail"

     [...] and thence
     Taking my war-horse from the holy man,
     Glad that no phantom vext me more, return'd
     To whence I came, the gate of Arthur's wars.

English

Etymology

From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Adjective

vexed (comparative more vexed, superlative most vexed)

1. annoyed, irritated or distressed

   She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.

   • 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, p. 72

     He would be left in no doubt that they were annoyed. He might even go so far as to deduce that they were quite vexed.

2. much debated, discussed or disputed

Derived terms

• vexedly

Translations

Verb

vexed

1. simple past tense and past participle of vex

Anagrams

• devex