All 12 Uses of
vex
in
Crime and Punishment
- He felt vexed that he had come here.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- But Dounia was vexed, and answered that 'words are not deeds,' and that, of course, is perfectly true.†
Chpt 1.3
- And she was sure to be vexed and 'answered her angrily.'†
Chpt 1.4
- But all that's nonsense," he added irritably, vexed at being carried away.†
Chpt 3.3
- I feel vexed as it is, that I condescended to speak to Zametov yesterday in the restaurant….†
Chpt 3.6
- I was vexed.†
Chpt 4.6
- When you came, perhaps in drink, and bade the porters go to the police station and asked about the blood, I was vexed that they let you go and took you for drunken.†
Chpt 4.6
- I was so vexed that I lost my sleep.†
Chpt 4.6
- We cure and prepare hides, we take work home…. most of all I was vexed….†
Chpt 4.6
- I was vexed and I lost my sleep, and I began making inquiries.†
Chpt 4.6
- How vexed I am that when I was expounding our system, I referred prematurely to the question of personal privacy!†
Chpt 5.1
- Sonia wrote simply that he had at first shown no interest in her visits, had almost been vexed with her indeed for coming, unwilling to talk and rude to her.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
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(vex) to annoy or disturb