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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vex/veks/

▶verb make annoyed or worried. ▶adjective chiefly W. Indian angry; vexed.

– derivatives
vexation noun,
vexer noun,
vexing adjective,
vexingly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. vexer, from L. vexare ‘shake, disturb’.

'vex' also found in these Oxford entries:

anger - remorse

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disgust?vex?
gall, verb meaning to vex, to irk
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