All 4 Uses of
vex
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Bathsheba was vexed; she hardly knew why.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- "True," she said, and though vexed at first she had too much sense to blame them long or seriously for a devotion to her that was as valuable as it was rare.†
Chpt 31-33
- He went away vexed with himself, and ashamed of having for this one time in his life done anything which could be called underhand.†
Chpt 49-51
- He actually blushed at the thought, and was vexed beyond measure that his sentiments of dislike towards Weatherbury should have led him to dally about the country in this way.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(vex) to annoy or disturb