All 4 Uses of
vex
in
Dante's Inferno
- And my Leader to him, "Charon, vex not thyself, it is thus willed there where is power to do that which is willed; and farther ask not."†
Canto 1-3 *
- And I, fearing lest longer stay might vex him who had admonished me to stay but little, turned back from these weary souls.†
Canto 16-18
- Not otherwise the wild duck on a sudden dives when the falcon comes close, and he returns up vexed and baffled.†
Canto 22-24vexed = annoyed
- I reflected in this wise: These through us have been flouted, and with such harm and mock as I believe must vex them greatly; if anger to ill-will be added, they will come after us more merciless than the dog upon the leveret which he snaps.†
Canto 22-24
Definition:
to annoy, worry, or frustrate -- especially by being difficult or persistent