All 3 Uses
vex
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.†p. 23.3vexed = annoyed - Now, afore God, I am so vexed that every part about me quivers.†
p. 101.1
- Indeed, I never shall be satisfied
With Romeo till I behold him—dead—
Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed.†p. 163.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(vex) to annoy, worry, or frustrate -- especially by being difficult or persistent
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)