All 8 Uses of
vex
in
The Idiot
- No one with a spark of self-respect could have talked like that in the house of her... Mother is extremely vexed on your account, too... "That is nothing!" said the prince, waving his hand.†
Chpt 1.11 *vexed = annoyed
- What vexes me much is that I am such an insignificant creature that it matters nothing to anybody whether I have done bad actions or not!†
Chpt 1.13vexes = annoys
- She was astonished and vexed, and her disappointment pleased Colia immensely.†
Chpt 2.6vexed = annoyed
- "Don't go after him just now, Colia, or he'll be vexed, and the benefit of this moment will be lost!" said the prince, as the boy was hurrying out of the room.†
Chpt 2.6
- Then as if vexed that he could not ever express what he really meant, he said irritably, in a loud voice: "Excellency, I have the honour of inviting you to my funeral; that is, if you will deign to honour it with your presence.†
Chpt 2.10
- For no other reason than to vex their mother—none—none!†
Chpt 3.1
- "If you really intended to shoot yourself, Terentieff," said Evgenie Pavlovitch, laughing, "if I were you, after all these compliments, I should just not shoot myself in order to vex them all."†
Chpt 3.7
- The prince thought, too, that he looked vexed and annoyed, and not nearly so friendly towards himself as he had been earlier in the night.†
Chpt 3.7vexed = annoyed
Definition:
to annoy or disturb