All 3 Uses of
vex
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- Worst of all, when the actual duties are comprised in such petty details as now vexed the brooding soul of the old gentlewoman.†
Chpt 4 *vexed = annoyed
- He was seeking to make himself more fully sensible of the scene around him; or, perhaps, dreading it to be a dream, or a play of imagination, was vexing the fair moment with a struggle for some added brilliancy and more durable illusion.†
Chpt 7vexing = annoying
- Something has strangely vexed the ancestor!†
Chpt 18vexed = annoyed
Definition:
to annoy, worry, or frustrate -- especially by being difficult or persistent